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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Soaring Eagles Community School this year?
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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO·NCES 080453001965
Soaring Eagles Community School
4710 HARRIER RIDGE DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80916 · (719) 540-4000 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
478 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 55% larger than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
46.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.4% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 36.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Soaring Eagles Community School
Soaring Eagles Community School's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soaring Eagles Community School this school | 764 | 62.6% | 39.6% |
| McMeen Elementary School DENVER | 706 | 63.3% | 22.1% |
| Denver Green School Southeast DENVER | 586 | 64.8% | 19.5% |
| Harmony Ridge P-8 AURORA | 894 | 61.7% | 28.9% |
| Holly Hills Elementary School DENVER | 633 | 62.4% | 25.3% |
| Southlawn Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 673 | 52.7% | 24.6% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Soaring Eagles Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #442 of 931 | #63 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #501 of 940 ▼ 67 | #69 of 126 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #421 of 946 ▼ 27 | #57 of 127 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #43 of 1,056 | #7 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #803 of 896 | #110 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #65 of 896 | #18 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #345 of 983 | #41 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.9% | #26 of 200 | #1 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
764
+218 (+40%) vs 2020
+25% since 2010-11, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 764 | 41.5 | 18.4:1 | 63% (478) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 36 | 19.9:1 | 66% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 51% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 58% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 28 | 20.1:1 | 60% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 63% (349) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 30 | 20.4:1 | 57% (347) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Soaring Eagles Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (562 to 764); teachers up 48% (28 to 41.5).
About Soaring Eagles Community School
Soaring Eagles Community School is a large elementary school in Harrison School District Two, located in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. The school serves pre-K through 8. Enrollment is 764 students. It has 102% more students than the average for elementary schools in Colorado (about 379).
The 28 schools in Harrison School District Two enroll 11,938 students altogether, Soaring Eagles Community School among them.
The largest group at Soaring Eagles Community School is Hispanic students, at 49%. It is also 21% White, 16% Black, 10% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of El Paso County is roughly 19% Hispanic. The diversity index for Soaring Eagles Community School is 68%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Soaring Eagles Community School, there are about 18.4 students; the school has 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 63%. Among public schools in El Paso County, the average eligibility rate is 42%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Soaring Eagles Community School would be expected to post about 28.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.6%.
For the population of El Paso County, median household income comes to about $90,363, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Paso County's 245 public schools enroll about 114,356 students and include Soaring Eagles Community School.
Turman Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Soaring Eagles Community School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 40%, from 546 to 764.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harrison School District Two
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,089 students
- The Vanguard School (Elementary)Elementary · 949 students
- Sierra High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Sand Creek International SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Mountain Vista Community SchoolElementary · 590 students
- James Irwin Elementary School - AstrozonElementary · 522 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Nearby schools
- Turman Elementary School0.7 mi · 185
- Giberson Elementary School0.8 mi · 291
- James Irwin Elementary School - Astrozon1.0 mi · 522
- James Irwin Charter Middle School1.0 mi · 434
- James Irwin Charter High School1.0 mi · 425
- Bricker Elementary School1.1 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Soaring Eagles Community SchoolHow large is Soaring Eagles Community School?
Soaring Eagles Community School enrolls approximately 764 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Soaring Eagles Community School serve?
Soaring Eagles Community School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Soaring Eagles Community School have?
Soaring Eagles Community School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Soaring Eagles Community School?
At Soaring Eagles Community School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 49% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Soaring Eagles Community School?
Soaring Eagles Community School is overseen by Harrison School District Two in El Paso County.
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