Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000265
Steele Elementary School
1720 NORTH WEBER STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80907 · (719) 328-4700 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
70 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
59.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.8% | 65.6% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Steele Elementary School
Steele Elementary School's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Elementary School this school | 273 | 25.6% | 63.6% |
| Asbury Elementary School DENVER | 292 | 23.3% | 70.5% |
| Coyote Ridge Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 242 | 27.3% | 61.0% |
| Hutchinson Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 328 | 23.5% | 53.2% |
| Lincoln Elementary School DENVER | 310 | 26.1% | 63.6% |
| Kohl Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 273 | 26.7% | 59.0% |
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 Steele Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #116 of 931 | #9 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #156 of 940 ▼ 83 | #13 of 126 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #222 of 946 ▼ 51 | #21 of 127 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #782 of 1,056 | #102 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #379 of 896 | #64 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #702 of 896 | #114 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.6% | #759 of 983 | #106 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.2% | #553 of 664 | #84 of 100 |
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
273
+17 (+7%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 273 | 18.2 | 15.0:1 | 26% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 270 | 18.2 | 14.8:1 | 31% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 15.7 | 16.1:1 | 21% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 16% (42) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 14.1 | 20.7:1 | 25% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 300 | 17 | 17.6:1 | 23% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 16 | 17.5:1 | 16% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 13 | 21.4:1 | 16% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 18 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Steele Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (291 to 273); teachers up 30% (14.1 to 18.2).
About Steele Elementary School
In COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of El Paso County, Steele Elementary School is an elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 273 students. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Steele Elementary School is one school in a 60-school district, Colorado Springs School District 11, which enrolls 22,293 students.
The largest group at Steele Elementary School is White students, at 77%. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
There are 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Steele Elementary School, giving a ratio of 15.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. A total of 70 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in El Paso County averages 42%, higher than here.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Steele Elementary School outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Steele Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 63.6%, compared with a predicted 51.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for El Paso County show that the median household earns about $90,363 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across El Paso County, 245 public schools serve about 114,356 students.
The closest school to Steele Elementary School is Taylor Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. Steele Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Steele Elementary School's average proficiency of 63.6% compares with 38.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Steele Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment increased 7% over 4 years, reaching 273 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Steele Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Colorado Springs School District 11
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Palmer High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Thomas MacLaren State Charter SchoolCombined · 975 students
- Jenkins Middle SchoolMiddle · 791 students
- Mitchell High SchoolHigh · 757 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
Other Steele Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Steele Elementary. Steele Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Steele Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 452 students
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBALDWIN, NY · 293 students
- Steele Elementary SchoolSteele, AL · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Taylor Elementary School0.7 mi · 152
- North Middle School0.8 mi · 636
- Mann Middle School1.0 mi · 300
- Stratton Elementary School1.1 mi · 249
- Community Prep Charter School1.1 mi · 158
- Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning1.2 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Steele Elementary SchoolHow large is Steele Elementary School?
Steele Elementary School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Steele Elementary School serve?
Steele Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Steele Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Steele Elementary School.
How diverse is Steele Elementary School?
Steele Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Steele Elementary School?
Steele Elementary School is overseen by Colorado Springs School District 11 in El Paso County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.