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Bennett Ranch Elementary School

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Bennett Ranch Elementary School ranks 510 th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

510^th

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of 950 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 46% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Bennett Ranch Elementary School is a public elementary school in Peyton, Colorado, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 378 students. The school is part of the El Paso County Colorado School District 49, which is ranked 46 out of 115 districts in the state.

While the school has some areas of concern, such as consistently high chronic absenteeism rates and academic performance that is generally below the district and state averages, it also has some bright spots. For example, the school's performance is better than some nearby schools, such as Falcon Elementary School of Technology and Grand Peak Academy, which have lower academic achievement and higher chronic absenteeism. The school's proximity to higher-performing schools within the same district, such as Ridgeview Elementary, Meridian Ranch Elementary, and Pikes Peak School Expeditionary Learning, provides opportunities for collaboration and the adoption of effective strategies to drive improvement.

The school's challenges, including the high chronic absenteeism rates and lower academic performance, particularly in English Language Arts and Math, suggest that there are opportunities for improvement. By addressing these issues and learning from the successes of nearby higher-performing schools, Bennett Ranch Elementary School can work to better serve its students and close the achievement gap with the district and state averages.

376

Students ?

17.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,547

Per pupil spending ?

31.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

11243 Londonderry Drive
Peyton, CO 80831

(719) 495-5232

District: El Paso County Colorado School District 49

Students who attend Bennett Ranch Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Falcon Middle School
High:	Falcon High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

56.9%

Hispanic:

22.3%

Two or more races:

16.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 24th percentile in 2021 → 46th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 46th (2025) from a 24th-percentile low (2021)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of El Paso County Colorado School District 49's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school38%

District avg40%

Colorado avg40%

510^th of 950

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 46%▼ down 13 pts since 2019

From top 40% (2019) to bottom 46% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 16Elementary Schools in the El Paso County Colorado School District 49

46^th of 115El Paso County Colorado School District 49 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	42.7	510 of 950	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.8	499 of 943	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.2	450 of 933	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	22.1	696 of 921	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.7	542 of 710	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	56.9	389 of 965	59.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	37.5	415 of 694	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.8	448 of 684	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.2	347 of 642	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.0	492 of 595	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	52.6	326 of 758	57.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	58.7	114 of 337	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.7	238 of 365	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	32.4	450 of 700	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	34.4	429 of 683	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.2	443 of 649	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.9	475 of 594	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	48.2	360 of 764	52.9%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	18.5	479 of 551	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	464 of 539	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	445 of 525	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	3.7	453 of 454	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	31.1	422 of 596	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)66th percentile+20 vs school

Female (2025)40th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2025)36th percentile-11 vs school

White (2025)13th percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts42%~ state avg

Science39%~ state avg

Math33%-3 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Saturday, July 17, 2021

Update 2021: Still a crap school, during COVID 19, we did 99 of the teaching, the teachers just read books to our child and joked around during "class", waste of time. Expected us to go over math with them BEFORE class. There was something that didn't make sense in one of the assignments, the teacher admitted she didn't read the content that she puts out. Wow, way to earn your paycheck. She said that a group of them gets together and they agree on the things that gets submitted, but that she doesn't read the assignments or watches the videos which makes sense because the videos and assignments never went together like they were suppose to. Crap school. This is a clean school. It's new, it's pretty, it feels safe. My child's teacher is a hypocrite. But because it's a new school, they care about their licenses and want to protect themselves no matter what. So with that said, if a parent spanks their child or the child lies about abuse, the school WILL call DHS no matter what. If you or your spouse have any special clearances for your jobs, don't send them here. Once DHS initiates that investigation, even if it's all lies, your clearances are at jeopardy. The school has no regard for parents here, they care about your child, but apparently not enough to make sure that your child stays in your life due to "we might loose our license" excuses even if the accusations are far fetched. My child has also gotten hurt here, got hit on the face with a ball by another kid, another time was he was getting punched by some bullies on the stomach.... This school keeps this mask on with the whole "no bullies!" policy..... I never got a call, I never got a letter... My child had to tell me. Granted that he's a little liar, I confirmed the ball in the face by the blood on his shirt and the punches on the stomach by his teacher who said "I'm not sure what happened, but I explained to the boys that hitting is not ok" that's it. If you have complaints, go directly to the D49 building, they said talk to the zone leader, but she's no help. All she does is relay messages to you that you have already heard. That's all. Privacy awareness..... Does not exist, I signed a form saying that I do not give consent for my child's picture or videos be taken ... They have violated that time and time again, livestreaming videos on YouTube, etc. So overall, I'm not happy with this school, they don't know what they're doing. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CMAS English Language Arts (2025)							CMAS Math (2025)							CMAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Bennett Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	11243 Londonderry Drive	Peyton	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 495-5232	376	22	17.3	31.6%	214 (56.9%)	10 (2.7%)	84 (22.3%)	4 (1.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (16.5%)	42.7	510^th of 950 public elementary schools	46.3%		42.8	499^th of 943 public elementary schools	47.1%	11	38.9	38.2	49.2				42.4	41.8	26.8	29.7				32.6	39.1		$16,547
Meridian Ranch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	10480 Rainbow Bridge Drive	Falcon	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 494-2909	670	39	17.0	27.5%	411 (61.3%)	41 (6.1%)	134 (20.0%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	76 (11.3%)	68.5	282^nd of 950 public elementary schools	70.3%		70.4	259^th of 943 public elementary schools	72.5%	23	56.6	58.6	51.0				55.6	58.5	57.8	40.0				52.5	38.0		$14,775
Pikes Peak School Expeditionary Learning	Public, Charter	K-8	11925 Antlers Ridge Road	Falcon	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 522-2580	400	24	16.7	16.0%	304 (76.0%)	2 (0.5%)	55 (13.8%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.5%)	73.9	236^th of 950 public elementary schools	75.2%		60.9	355^th of 943 public elementary schools	62.4%	119	66.7	60.5	64.9	76.9	63.6	65.5	66.4	75.7	59.5	24.3	37.5	33.3	46.7	46.6	42.1	59.3	$12,703
Woodmen Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8308 Del Rio Road	Falcon	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 495-5500	613	38	16.1	33.0%	377 (61.5%)	19 (3.1%)	138 (22.5%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	68 (11.1%)	57.9	382^nd of 950 public elementary schools	59.8%		55.8	398^th of 943 public elementary schools	57.8%	16	41.9	34.2	54.5				45.1	53.8	40.5	38.5				43.9	53.7		$15,598
Falcon Elementary School of Technology	Public	PK, KG-5	12050 Falcon Highway	Falcon	80831	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 495-5272	318	24	13.4	47.5%	195 (61.3%)	1 (0.3%)	88 (27.7%)	5 (1.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (7.5%)	42.2	513^th of 950 public elementary schools	46.0%		36.1	553^rd of 943 public elementary schools	41.4%	40	32.4	19.5	43.2				31.3	40.5	24.4	44.7				36.2	57.9		$17,995
Inspiration View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9233 Vista Del Pico Blvd	Colorado Springs	80927	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 201-8026	527	32	16.4	33.4%	271 (51.4%)	26 (4.9%)	135 (25.6%)	24 (4.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (13.3%)	54.9	405^th of 950 public elementary schools	57.4%		46.2	478^th of 943 public elementary schools	49.3%	73	56.4	42.7	50.6				49.6	44.9	37.1	38.3				39.9	39.5		$15,510
Grand Peak Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	7036 Cowpoke Road	Colorado Springs	80908	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 495-7360	608	32	19.1	33.1%	312 (51.3%)	26 (4.3%)	176 (28.9%)	22 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	69 (11.3%)	44.5	494^th of 950 public elementary schools	48.0%		33.9	571^st of 943 public elementary schools	39.4%	77	47.4	40.0	31.0	40.7	44.9	48.7	41.5	51.3	44.6	32.4	31.5	30.6	38.5	39.0	19.7	41.0	$12,365
Legacy Peak Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8701 Wolf Valley Drive	Colorado Springs	80924	El Paso County	Academy School District No. 20	No	No	No	No	(719) 234-5900	652	35	18.8	23.5%	359 (55.1%)	40 (6.1%)	121 (18.6%)	50 (7.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (12.4%)	45	490^th of 950 public elementary schools	48.4%		55.7	400^th of 943 public elementary schools	57.6%	90	43.6	38.4	45.4				42.7	44.6	20.7	40.0				35.8	36.4		$11,997
Pioneer Technology and Arts Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	6464 Peterson Road	Colorado Springs	80923	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 428-4940	538	34	15.6	28.8%	258 (48.0%)	40 (7.4%)	141 (26.2%)	10 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	82 (15.2%)	40.6	522^nd of 950 public elementary schools	45.1%		54.8	406^th of 943 public elementary schools	56.9%	116	35.2	31.4	34.1	54.5			42.0	27.8	39.4	44.7	25.0	35.0	62.5	37.0	42.1		$12,155
Ridgeview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6753 Shimmering Creek Place	Colorado Springs	80923	El Paso County	El Paso County Colorado School District 49	No	No	No	No	(719) 494-8700	626	33	19.0	44.6%	303 (48.4%)	41 (6.5%)	167 (26.7%)	13 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	101 (16.1%)	72.1	255^th of 950 public elementary schools	73.2%		64.4	320^th of 943 public elementary schools	66.1%	65	51.6	59.3	59.7				56.6	47.3	65.4	57.1				56.2	40.5		$14,383

Frequently Asked Questions about Bennett Ranch Elementary School

What district is Bennett Ranch Elementary School in?

El Paso County Colorado School District 49

How many students attend Bennett Ranch Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 376 students attended Bennett Ranch Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Bennett Ranch Elementary School?

Students at Bennett Ranch Elementary School are 57% White, 22% Hispanic, 16% Two or more races, 3% African American, 1% Asian.

Is Bennett Ranch Elementary School a good school?

Bennett Ranch Elementary School ranks 510^th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Bennett Ranch Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Bennett Ranch Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Falcon Middle School
High : Falcon High School

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