📍 100 Illinois, Penrose, Fremont County, 81240
Penrose Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Penrose, Fremont County. The school has 298 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fremont Re-2 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
Penrose Elementary School enrolls 298 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 253 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 36 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
122 of the school's 298 students (41%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Penrose Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Penrose Elementary School is one of 3 schools in Fremont Re-2, based in FLORENCE, Colorado. The district serves 1,294 students district-wide and employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 298 students, Penrose Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 431 students per school.
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