Stetson Elementary School

Stetson Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, part of El Paso County Colorado School District 49. The school caters to 531 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

El Paso County Colorado School District 49 comprises 31 schools with combined enrollment of 25,689 students; Stetson Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Stetson Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Stetson Elementary School records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at Stetson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Stetson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 45.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for El Paso County put median household earnings sit near $90,363, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, El Paso County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), of which Stetson Elementary School is one.

ALLIES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stetson Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stetson Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.8%.

Stetson Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Stetson Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 557 (now 531). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 24% to 33%.

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