Washington Elementary School

Washington Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary-level community in CANON CITY, Colorado, run under Fremont Re-1. Current enrollment sits at 319 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Fremont Re-1, which oversees 8 schools and 3,191 students, Washington Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Washington Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Washington Elementary School logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Washington Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at Washington Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Fremont County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Washington Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.0%, the actual is 21.2%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Fremont County indicate median household income runs about $62,664, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washington Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Fremont County (combined enrollment of about 4,640 students).

The closest other public school is Canon City High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Washington Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.8%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Elementary School has decreased 4%, going from 334 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 19% to 13% over that span.

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