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James Irwin Elementary School - Howard

James Irwin Elementary School - Howard school profile in Colorado Springs, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
36/100
durable school quality with true deterioration risk · high confidence
Enrollment
171
Enrollment has declined 20% over the available history.
FRL Share
59.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
735.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives James Irwin Elementary School - Howard

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Academic Quality

41

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

67

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

15

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Colorado Springs and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 46 · Colorado 50
36 46
2 Academic average
Peer 737.1 · Colorado 737.4
735.2 737.1
3 ELA
Peer 740.4 · Colorado 741
736.6 740.4
4 Math
Peer 736.1 · Colorado 736.9
729.5 736.1
5 Science
Peer 735.4 · Colorado 734.5
739.4 735.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 400 · Colorado 394
171 400
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Colorado Springs 8.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
8.6 / 1k 8.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Colorado Springs $1,691 · Colorado $1,977
$1,238 $1,691
3 Home price
Colorado Springs $444,513 · Colorado $556,199
$367,584 $444,513
4 Poverty rate
Colorado Springs 9.8% · Colorado 10.1%
9% 9.8%
5 Median income
Colorado Springs $91,186 · Colorado $101,131
$63,875 $91,186
6 Renter share
Colorado Springs 36.4% · Colorado 32.6%
34.3% 36.4%
Research notes

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Academic picture

James Irwin Elementary School - Howard currently posts a blended academic reading around 735.2, with ELA at 736.6, Math at 729.5, and Science at 739.4. Against Colorado Springs elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 41/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 20% over the available history. ELA has moved down 11.8 points over the available history. Math has moved down 13.3 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 67/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

James Irwin Elementary School - Howard currently serves about 171 students. FRL share sits near 59.6%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 000700 carries violent crime around 8.6 / 1k, market rent near $1,238, median income near $63,875, and home-price context near $367,584. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80909 where rent context currently sits near $1,238 and home-price context near $367,584. Crime trend context is still thin around this school.

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The quick read

James Irwin Elementary School - Howard currently reads as durable school quality with true deterioration risk. The total TractSignal school score is 36/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.