Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO·NCES 080453001370
Wildflower Elementary School
1160 KEITH DRIVE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80916 · (719) 579-2115 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
247 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 21.4% |
% 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
20.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Wildflower Elementary School
Wildflower Elementary School's state test result (20.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wildflower Elementary School this school | 346 | 71.4% | 20.2% |
| Cimarron Elementary School AURORA | 393 | 65.4% | 20.6% |
| Giberson Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 291 | 77.3% | 10.6% |
| Clara Brown Entrepreneurial Academy AURORA | 282 | 74.1% | 25.7% |
| Dora Moore ECE-8 School DENVER | 349 | 65.3% | 25.9% |
| Dartmouth Elementary School AURORA | 422 | 74.6% | 23.7% |
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 Wildflower Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #762 of 931 | #114 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #675 of 940 no change | #102 of 126 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #796 of 946 ▼ 18 | #113 of 127 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #579 of 1,056 | #68 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #393 of 896 | #68 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #52 of 896 | #9 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #255 of 983 | #29 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #180 of 664 | #39 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
346
-54 (-13%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 71% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 27.5 | 12.3:1 | 81% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 25.6 | 14.7:1 | 64% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 79% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 82% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 69% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 23 | 16.2:1 | 68% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 27 | 18.4:1 | 44% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 29 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wildflower Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (465 to 346); teachers down 18% (28 to 23).
About Wildflower Elementary School
Families in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, are served by Wildflower Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 346 students in pre-K through 5.
Harrison School District Two runs Wildflower Elementary School along with 27 other schools, enrolling 11,938 students in total.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Wildflower Elementary School is Hispanic, with 46% of students. Next come 22% White, 19% Black, and 11% multiracial. The county population is about 19% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wildflower Elementary School scores 69%.
The school had 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. The school's 15.0:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 71%. That rate is above the 42% average among public schools in El Paso County.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Wildflower Elementary School outscored 16%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Wildflower Elementary School is 3.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 20.2%. Predicted: 23.4%.
In the surrounding county, El Paso County, the median household earns about $90,363 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. El Paso County has 245 public schools with about 114,356 students, including Wildflower Elementary School.
Wildflower Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Sand Creek International School, its nearest public school. Wildflower Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Wildflower Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.2% against a local average of 19.3%.
Locale data from NCES put Wildflower Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Wildflower Elementary School had a net loss of 54 students, or 13%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Harrison School District Two
- Harrison High SchoolHigh · 1,089 students
- The Vanguard School (Elementary)Elementary · 949 students
- Sierra High SchoolHigh · 843 students
- Soaring Eagles Community SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Sand Creek International SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Mountain Vista Community SchoolElementary · 590 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
Nearby schools
- Sand Creek International School0.5 mi · 595
- Atlas Preparatory Middle School0.7 mi · 473
- Atlas Preparatory Elementary School0.8 mi · 286
- Atlas Preparatory High School0.8 mi · 499
- Panorama Middle School0.9 mi · 339
- Bricker Elementary School1.1 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Wildflower Elementary SchoolHow large is Wildflower Elementary School?
Wildflower Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wildflower Elementary School serve?
Wildflower Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wildflower Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Wildflower Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Wildflower Elementary School?
Wildflower Elementary School reports a student body of 22% White, 46% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Wildflower Elementary School public or private?
Wildflower Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harrison School District Two.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.