Stone Creek School

Stone Creek School, an intimate elementary campus in EDWARDS, Colorado, operated by State Charter School Institute, enrolls 297 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 22% smaller than the state mean of about 379.

State Charter School Institute runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 21,411 students. Stone Creek School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Stone Creek School lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Eagle County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Eagle County's rate of about 44%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Stone Creek School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.4%; actual is 32.4%, a gap of -15.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Eagle County shows median household earnings sit near $104,096, roughly 51% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Eagle County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,148 students), Stone Creek School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Edwards Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stone Creek School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stone Creek School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting. Stone Creek School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 310 students in 2018 compared to 297 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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