Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ENGLEWOOD SCHOOLS·NCES 080378000497
Wm E Bishop Elementary School
3100 S ELATI ST, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110 · (303) 761-1496 · Arapahoe County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 28.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
157 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 13% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Wm E Bishop Elementary School→Englewood Middle School
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
19.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
16.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.3% | 16.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.7% | 17.4% |
% 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
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 →
Where Wm E Bishop Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #649 of 931 | #58 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #766 of 940 | #75 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #839 of 946 | #78 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #896 of 1,056 | #97 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #31 of 896 | #2 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #274 of 896 | #64 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #171 of 983 | #22 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #252 of 664 | #18 of 70 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
200
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 200 | 17.7 | 11.3:1 | 79% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 16.7 | 11.6:1 | 91% (176) |
| 2022-23 | 199 | 19.1 | 10.4:1 | 85% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 196 | 20 | 9.8:1 | 83% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 254 | 21.1 | 12.1:1 | 81% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 18 | 15.2:1 | 81% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 230 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 78% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 275 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 42% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 16 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wm E Bishop Elementary School.
About Wm E Bishop Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, Wm E Bishop Elementary School is part of Englewood Schools. It serves 200 students in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
Wm E Bishop Elementary School is a school in Englewood Schools. The district has 9 schools and 2,406 students.
At Wm E Bishop Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 61% of the student body. The remaining shares are 25% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Arapahoe County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 17.7 full-time equivalents, or about 11.3 students per teacher. This ratio sits 5.2 below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 79%. The average for public schools in Arapahoe County is 50%.
Wm E Bishop Elementary School is 7.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (26.3% versus 19.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
According to the American Community Survey, in Arapahoe County, the median household income is $101,087, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Wm E Bishop Elementary School is one of 176 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Wm E Bishop Elementary School is Englewood Early Childhood Education Center at Maddox, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Wm E Bishop Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Wm E Bishop Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 196 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 200. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.8:1 to 11.3:1.
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Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Englewood Schools
- Englewood High SchoolHigh · 515 students
- Clayton Elementary SchoolElementary · 402 students
- Charles Hay World SchoolElementary · 271 students
- Englewood Early Childhood Education Center at MaddoxElementary · 258 students
- Cherrelyn Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
- Colorado's Finest High School of ChoiceHigh · 216 students
Other schools in ENGLEWOOD
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- HOPE ONLINE LEARNING ACADEMY CO-OPHigh · 1,307 students
- Colorado Summit Connections AcademyCombined · 1,245 students
- Colorado Early Colleges Douglas CountyHigh · 1,035 students
- Parker Performing ArtsElementary · 638 students
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Englewood Early Childhood Education Center at Maddox0.9 mi · 258
- Englewood Middle School1.1 mi · 210
- Englewood High School1.1 mi · 515
- Englewood Leadership Academy1.1 mi · 110
- Charles Hay World School1.1 mi · 271
- College View Elementary School1.7 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Wm E Bishop Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wm E Bishop Elementary School?
Wm E Bishop Elementary School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Wm E Bishop Elementary School serve?
Wm E Bishop Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Wm E Bishop Elementary School have?
Wm E Bishop Elementary School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wm E Bishop Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wm E Bishop Elementary School are roughly 25% White, 61% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Wm E Bishop Elementary School?
Wm E Bishop Elementary School is overseen by Englewood Schools in Arapahoe County.
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