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Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY DISTRICT 20·NCES 080192000008
Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School
8365 ORCHARD PATH ROAD, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80919 · (719) 234-5300 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
13.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
85 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
69.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.4% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.2% | 52.3% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School
Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School this school | 381 | 22.3% | 61.3% |
| Werner Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 374 | 22.7% | 67.3% |
| Hopkins Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 372 | 19.9% | 56.2% |
| Coronado Elementary School LITTLETON | 384 | 21.6% | 56.8% |
| Shepardson Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 414 | 24.2% | 65.1% |
| Governor's Ranch Elementary School LITTLETON | 458 | 21.4% | 56.0% |
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 Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #143 of 931 | #13 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #98 of 940 ▲ 106 | #6 of 126 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #92 of 946 ▲ 115 | #5 of 127 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #476 of 1,056 | #54 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #178 of 896 | #35 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #691 of 896 | #113 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #800 of 983 | #114 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #248 of 664 | #50 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
381
-49 (-11%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 263
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 381 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 22% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 32.2 | 12.9:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 28.6 | 15.4:1 | 11% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 27 | 15.9:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 485 | 29.2 | 16.6:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 13% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 24 | 14.7:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 1% (7) |
| 1990-91 | 263 | 14 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (485 to 381); teachers down 4% (29.2 to 28).
About Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School
Students in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, attend Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 381 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
The district for Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School is Academy District 20, with 39 schools and 25,607 students.
White students are the majority at Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School, with 77% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 39%, meaning two students picked at random have a 39% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 28 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Roughly 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in El Paso County is 42%.
allk12 grades Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.3%; the prediction is 53.2%.
Within El Paso County, the median household income is $90,363, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, El Paso County has 245 public schools and roughly 114,356 students.
The closest public school to Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School is Foothills Elementary School, about 1.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 49 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Academy District 20
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Air Academy High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Rampart High SchoolHigh · 1,305 students
- Chinook Trail Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,075 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
- Foothills Elementary School1.8 mi · 400
- Spark Online Academy1.8 mi · 140
- Trailblazer Elementary School1.8 mi · 211
- Eagleview Middle School1.9 mi · 905
- Air Academy High School2.0 mi · 1,380
- Rockrimmon Elementary School2.3 mi · 390
Frequently asked questions
About Woodmen-Roberts Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School?
Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School serve?
Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School?
Student demographics at Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School in?
Woodmen-Roberts Elementary School is part of Academy District 20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.