Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROARING FORK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080426001597
Sopris Elementary School
1150 MOUNT SOPRIS DRIVE, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81602 · (970) 384-5400 · Garfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
167 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 52 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sopris Elementary School→Glenwood Springs Middle School
Based on grade levels within Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.3% | 45.2% |
% 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
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Sopris Elementary School
Sopris Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sopris Elementary School this school | 392 | 42.6% | 41.3% |
| Crystal River Elementary School CARBONDALE | 445 | 40.9% | 25.4% |
| Cactus Valley Elementary School SILT | 462 | 41.1% | 32.7% |
| Hoff Elementary School KEENESBURG | 338 | 48.5% | 36.8% |
| Highland Elementary School PIERCE | 443 | 36.6% | 24.6% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 443 | 48.3% | 43.1% |
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 Sopris Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #415 of 931 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #347 of 940 ▼ 43 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #471 of 946 ▼ 7 | #3 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #451 of 1,056 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #366 of 896 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #358 of 896 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #550 of 983 | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #618 of 664 | N/A |
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
392
+49 (+14%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 392 | 26.3 | 14.9:1 | 43% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 24.6 | 15.7:1 | 42% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 23.4 | 14.6:1 | 30% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 22% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 28.8 | 14.0:1 | 44% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 42% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 49 | 12.8:1 | 39% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 21% (93) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sopris Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (403 to 392); teachers down 9% (28.8 to 26.3).
About Sopris Elementary School
Sopris Elementary School is an elementary school in GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado, and it is part of Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1. It serves 392 students in pre-K through 5.
Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 has 14 schools; together they serve 5,839 students.
White students are the majority at Sopris Elementary School, with 54% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 43% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Garfield County, the White share is about 69%. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. That is lower than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 43%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Sopris Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sopris Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 41.3% actual against 40.9% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Garfield County show that the median household income is $91,131, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 29 public schools in Garfield County, enrolling about 10,790 students in all.
Riverview School is the closest public school, about 2.0 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 6. The school's 41.3% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Sopris Elementary School in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Enrollment grew 14% from its 2020-21 level of 343.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Basalt Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Roaring Fork High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Glenwood Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Crystal River Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Basalt High SchoolHigh · 414 students
Other schools in GLENWOOD SPRINGS
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Glenwood Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Two Rivers Community SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Riverview SchoolElementary · 383 students
- Glenwood Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- Yampah Mountain SchoolHigh · 181 students
Nearby schools
- Riverview School2.0 mi · 383
- Glenwood Springs High School2.1 mi · 1,032
- Glenwood Springs Elementary School2.5 mi · 452
- Yampah Mountain School2.9 mi · 181
- Glenwood Springs Middle School4.4 mi · 380
- Two Rivers Community School4.7 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Sopris Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sopris Elementary School?
Sopris Elementary School enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sopris Elementary School serve?
Sopris Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sopris Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sopris Elementary School is approximately 14.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sopris Elementary School?
At Sopris Elementary School, the student body is approximately 54% White, 43% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sopris Elementary School public or private?
Sopris Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1.
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