Wiley Elementary School

Wiley Elementary School is an elementary-level community of intimate scale in WILEY, Colorado, one of the schools within Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt, enrolling 155 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 59% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Wiley School District No. Re-13 Jt, which oversees 2 schools and 270 students, Wiley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Wiley Elementary School lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 41% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Wiley Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Prowers County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Wiley Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 30.7%; actual is 48.1%, +17.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Prowers County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $53,508 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Wiley Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in Prowers County (combined enrollment of about 2,153 students).

Wiley Junior-Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wiley Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wiley Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 28% since 2018, when it stood at 121 (now 155). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 23% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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