Taylor Elementary School

Taylor Elementary School is a small K-5 school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, operated by Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E. The school works with 152 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Taylor Elementary School sits 60% smaller than that benchmark.

Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 22,293 students. Taylor Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Taylor Elementary School records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 29% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 7% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Taylor Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, El Paso County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Taylor Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 20.8%; actual is 38.7%, +17.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, 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 roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across El Paso County's 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students), Taylor Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Taylor Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Taylor Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 38% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 152). White enrollment moved from 59% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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