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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO COUNTY COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT 49·NCES 080387001438
Stetson Elementary School
4910 JEDEDIAH SMITH ROAD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80922 · (719) 495-5252 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- B-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
15.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
212 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
65%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
44.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
48.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.9% | 48.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 44.6% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Stetson Elementary School
Stetson Elementary School's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stetson Elementary School this school | 531 | 39.9% | 45.1% |
| Remington Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 534 | 44.4% | 46.5% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 626 | 44.6% | 51.2% |
| Scott Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 458 | 44.1% | 53.1% |
| McAuliffe Elementary COLORADO SPRINGS | 448 | 45.3% | 24.0% |
| Springs Ranch Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 548 | 38.5% | 50.1% |
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 Stetson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #371 of 931 | #50 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #289 of 940 ▲ 24 | #38 of 126 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #439 of 946 ▲ 35 | #61 of 127 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #185 of 1,056 | #27 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #413 of 896 | #71 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #112 of 896 | #44 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #582 of 983 | #79 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #577 of 664 | #90 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
531
+67 (+14%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 531 | 34.9 | 15.2:1 | 40% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 44% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 30.9 | 14.2:1 | 39% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 25% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 557 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 35% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 29% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 33 | 19.1:1 | 17% (104) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 37 | 20.4:1 | 6% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 292 | 13 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stetson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (557 to 531); teachers down 6% (37 to 34.9).
About Stetson Elementary School
Stetson Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. It teaches 531 students in pre-K through 5. It has 40% more students than the average for elementary schools in Colorado (about 379).
The 31 schools of El Paso County Colorado School District 49, including Stetson Elementary School, enroll 25,689 students.
Of every 100 students at Stetson Elementary School, about 47 are White, the largest group. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of El Paso County is roughly 70% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.2:1. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 1.4 students per teacher. By family income, 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County.
Stetson Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Stetson Elementary School is 2.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.1% versus 42.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
In El Paso County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,363, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 245 public schools and about 114,356 students.
Stetson Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is ALLIES, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Stetson Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 45.1% versus a 38.8% average.
The federal government classifies Stetson Elementary School's location as City: Large.
The school's student count rose 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.2 to 15.2 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Stetson Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 El Paso County Colorado School District 49
- GOAL AcademyHigh · 6,693 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
- Sand Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,426 students
- Falcon High SchoolHigh · 1,172 students
- Rocky Mountain Classical AcademyElementary · 1,162 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
- ALLIES0.6 mi · 124
- Odyssey Elementary School0.6 mi · 378
- Springs Ranch Elementary School0.8 mi · 548
- Rocky Mountain Classical Academy0.8 mi · 1,162
- Ridgeview Elementary School1.1 mi · 626
- Skyview Middle School1.1 mi · 862
Frequently asked questions
About Stetson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Stetson Elementary School?
Stetson Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Stetson Elementary School serve?
Stetson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Stetson Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Stetson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Stetson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Stetson Elementary School are roughly 47% White, 33% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Stetson Elementary School in?
Stetson Elementary School is part of El Paso County Colorado School District 49.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.