Springfield Elementary School

Located at 389 TIPTON STREET, in SPRINGFIELD, Colorado, Springfield Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus that serves 156 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Springfield School District No. Re-4. That puts it 59% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Springfield School District No. Re-4 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 284 students. Springfield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Springfield Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Baca County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Springfield Elementary School shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Springfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 27.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Baca County indicate the typical household earns roughly $46,215 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Across Baca County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 625 students), Springfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Springfield Junior/Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Springfield Elementary School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Springfield Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 156). Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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