Summary:
Zip code 80927 in Colorado Springs is home to exactly one elementary school, Inspiration View Elementary School, serving grades PK–5 with 527 students within El Paso County Colorado School District 49. Since there is only one school in this zip code, all comparisons are made against district and state averages rather than local peer schools.
Inspiration View Elementary School has shown steady improvement in statewide rankings, climbing from the 49th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 68th percentile in 2025–2026, placing it in the top third of Colorado elementary schools. The school outpaces both district and state averages in most subjects: 51.2% of students are proficient in math versus 37.3% statewide, and 53.8% are proficient in English Language Arts versus 44.7% statewide. Its strongest performance comes in the early grades, with 3rd grade math proficiency reaching 59.0% — a 17.5-point advantage over the state. However, performance tends to decline by 5th grade, where ELA proficiency (50.6%) falls below the district average (53.1%) and science proficiency (36.9%) also trails the district (38.2%).
The school serves a relatively lower-poverty population, with 33.4% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. Chronic absenteeism stands at 22.1%, better than both the district (26.1%) and state (28.4%) averages, though it still means more than one in five students are chronically absent. The student–teacher ratio is 16.4:1. The surrounding district ranks 33rd out of 115 districts in Colorado, providing a favorable context. Overall, Inspiration View is a solid, improving school with a clear strength in early-grade math and overall ELA proficiency; its main challenge is sustaining academic gains into the upper elementary grades, particularly in science.
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