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Singing Hills Elementary School
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Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Singing Hills Elementary School
Singing Hills Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in PARKER, Colorado, run under ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 383 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
ELIZABETH SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 2,282 students; Singing Hills Elementary School is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Singing Hills Elementary School logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.
In terms of school funding signals, Singing Hills Elementary School reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Singing Hills Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Elbert County indicate median household earnings sit near $132,685, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Elbert County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,265 students), of which Singing Hills Elementary School is one.
Singing Hills Preschool is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Singing Hills Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Singing Hills Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 47.4%.
Singing Hills Elementary School operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 392 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 73% across the same window.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Elbert County at a glance
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