World Academy Elementary School

Set in GYPSUM, Colorado, World Academy Elementary School is a very small K-5 school, part of Eagle County School District No. Re 50. It teaches 5 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so World Academy Elementary School sits 99% smaller than that benchmark.

Eagle County School District No. Re 50 runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 6,312 students. World Academy Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, World Academy Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 20% Hispanic, 20% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Eagle County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,096 per year, about 51% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Eagle County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,148 students), World Academy Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Edwards Early Learning Center, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around World Academy Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. World Academy Elementary School delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.