Twain Elementary School

Twain Elementary School, a compact primary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, run under Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E, instructs 291 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 379.

Across the 60 schools in Colorado Springs School District No. 11 in the county of E (22,293 students total), Twain Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Twain Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 29% White, 13% multiracial, 11% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Twain Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Twain Elementary School qualify 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Twain Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.3%; this one delivers 17.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $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. Twain Elementary School is one of 245 public schools in El Paso County (combined enrollment of about 114,356 students).

Nearest neighbor: Coperni 3, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Twain Elementary School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Twain Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 36% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 291). The White share of enrollment decreased from 37% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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