Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT 11·NCES 080306000252
Twain Elementary School
3402 EAST SAN MIGUEL STREET, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80909 · (719) 328-7700 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
237 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 | 63 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
69%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
20.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
19.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 19.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 15.5% |
% 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
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Twain Elementary School
Twain Elementary School's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twain Elementary School this school | 291 | 81.4% | 17.5% |
| Rogers Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 267 | 77.9% | 15.6% |
| Adams Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 299 | 88.6% | 14.1% |
| Monterey Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 80.1% | 30.7% |
| Carver Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 205 | 78.5% | 11.7% |
| Monroe Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 321 | 75.4% | 12.8% |
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 Twain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #812 of 931 | #119 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #718 of 940 ▲ 66 | #109 of 126 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #820 of 946 ▲ 6 | #119 of 127 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #742 of 1,056 | #96 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #114 of 896 | #21 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #61 of 896 | #15 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #139 of 983 | #8 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #52 of 664 | #14 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
291
-60 (-17%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 291 | 22.4 | 13.0:1 | 81% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 22.4 | 14.0:1 | 87% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 24.2 | 13.4:1 | 77% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 25 | 14.0:1 | 78% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 27.9 | 16.3:1 | 78% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 85% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 78% (385) |
| 2000-01 | 568 | 33 | 17.2:1 | 48% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 682 | 35 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Twain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (456 to 291); teachers down 20% (27.9 to 22.4).
About Twain Elementary School
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, is home to Twain Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 291 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Twain Elementary School is part of a district of 60 schools: Colorado Springs School District 11, with 22,293 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Twain Elementary School, at 44%. Other groups make up 29% White, 13% multiracial, and 11% Black. County-wide, 19% of El Paso County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Twain Elementary School operates with 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.0:1. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 13.0:1 here. Twain Elementary School reports 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 39 points above the 42% average for public schools in El Paso County.
Twain Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Twain Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (17.5% versus 17.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
El Paso County has about 742,999 residents, and the median household income is $90,363, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Twain Elementary School, El Paso County has 244 other public schools.
Nearby, Coperni 3 is about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Twain Elementary School at 3rd of 4.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Twain Elementary School's enrollment declined from 351 in 2020-21 to 291 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 14.0 in 2020-21 to 13.0 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Twain Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Twain Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Twain Elementary. Twain Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Twain Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 924 students
- Twain Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 850 students
- Twain ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Coperni 30.6 mi · 367
- Mitchell High School0.9 mi · 757
- James Irwin Charter Academy0.9 mi · 299
- Nikola Tesla Education Opportunity Center0.9 mi · 291
- James Irwin Elementary School - Howard0.9 mi · 213
- Odyssey Early College and Career Options1.1 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Twain Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Twain Elementary School?
Twain Elementary School enrolls approximately 291 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Twain Elementary School serve?
Twain Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Twain Elementary School have?
Twain Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Twain Elementary School?
Student demographics at Twain Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 44% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Twain Elementary School public or private?
Twain Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colorado Springs School District 11.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.