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Ranch Creek Elementary

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

TractSignal score
73/100
strong current academics, durable school quality · high confidence
Enrollment
579
Enrollment has declined 4% over the available history.
FRL Share
22.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
757.0
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Ranch Creek Elementary

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Academic Quality

82

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

63

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

50

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

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
73 46
2 Academic average
Peer 737.1 · Colorado 737.4
757.0 737.1
3 ELA
Peer 740.4 · Colorado 741
763.1 740.4
4 Math
Peer 736.1 · Colorado 736.9
757 736.1
5 Science
Peer 735.4 · Colorado 734.5
750.9 735.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 400 · Colorado 394
579 400
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Colorado Springs 8.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.1 / 1k 8.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Colorado Springs $1,691 · Colorado $1,977
$1,765 $1,691
3 Home price
Colorado Springs $444,513 · Colorado $556,199
$655,990 $444,513
4 Poverty rate
Colorado Springs 9.8% · Colorado 10.1%
2.5% 9.8%
5 Median income
Colorado Springs $91,186 · Colorado $101,131
$180,014 $91,186
6 Renter share
Colorado Springs 36.4% · Colorado 32.6%
35.3% 36.4%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Ranch Creek Elementary currently posts a blended academic reading around 757.0, with ELA at 763.1, Math at 757, and Science at 750.9. Against Colorado Springs elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 82/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 4% over the available history. ELA has moved up 8.5 points over the available history. Math has moved up 3.9 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 63/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Ranch Creek Elementary currently serves about 579 students. FRL share sits near 22.7%, 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 007106 carries violent crime around 2.1 / 1k, market rent near $1,765, median income near $180,014, and home-price context near $655,990. 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 80924 where rent context currently sits near $1,765 and home-price context near $655,990. Crime trend context is still thin around this school.

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The quick read

Ranch Creek Elementary currently reads as strong current academics, durable school quality. The total TractSignal school score is 73/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.