Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Las Animas Elementary School, Las Animas, CO

CEP schoolLas Animas Elementary School is a public elementary school in Las Animas, part of Las Animas School District No. Re-1. It enrolled 209 students in 2024-25, with 23.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 209
Teachers (FTE): 9.0
Students per teacher: 23.2
Grades: K to 6

This school's ratio is 1.3 lower than the district figure of 24.5. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.2

District24.5

Colorado16.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 530 Poplar Avenue, Las Animas, CO 81054
Phone: (719)456-1862
District: Las Animas School District No. Re-1
County: Bent County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 080525000866

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 162
Reduced-price lunch: 10
Free or reduced-price lunch: 17282.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.