Elementary · Colorado

Explorer Elementary School

Free meals for all

Explorer Elementary School, a public elementary school in Colorado Springs, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 470 students, 16.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 470
Teachers (FTE): 29.3
Students per teacher: 16.0
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 65% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 72% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Larger than 61% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Academy School District No. 20 in the county of El Paso an.

Location

Address: 4190 Bardot Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Phone: (719)234-4400
City or town: Colorado Springs
County: El Paso County

Quality of life in Colorado Springs Schools in Colorado Springs

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Academy International Elementary School	Pre-K–5	368	15.0	0.9 mi
Academy Endeavour Elementary School	Pre-K–5	347	13.6	0.9 mi
Frontier Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	262	10.9	1.0 mi
Prairie Hills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	348	14.2	1.1 mi
Chinook Trail Elementary School	K–5	632	18.7	1.3 mi
New Summit Charter AcademyCharterFree meals for all	K–8	628	17.2	1.3 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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