Elementary · Colorado

Gilpin County Elementary School

Free meals for all

Gilpin County Elementary School, a public elementary school in Black Hawk, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 192 students, 16.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Gilpin County School District No. Re-1.

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
192
Teachers (FTE)
11.5
Students per teacher
16.7
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

48%proficient

+3.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 57% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

80 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

36%proficient

−0.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 52% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared

80 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

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
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Gilpin County School District No. Re-1.

Location

Address
10595 Highway 119, Black Hawk, CO 80403
Phone
(303)582-3444

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Carlson Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–614411.536%25%
Nederland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–519616.159%59%
Jefferson Academy Coal Creek CanyonCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–8597.764%44%
Georgetown Community SchoolCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–6789.435%34%
Pre-K–545617.476%74%
Pre-K–615113.057%50%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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