Alsup Elementary School

Alsup Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in COMMERCE CITY, Colorado, operated by School District N. 14 in the county of Adams & State of Colo. The school enrolls 492 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Alsup Elementary School sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

School District N. 14 in the county of Adams & State of Colo comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,221 students; Alsup Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Alsup Elementary School shows that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 10% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the resource side, On paper, Alsup Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Adams County's rate of about 62%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alsup Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 15.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate median household earnings sit near $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Alsup Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Adams City Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alsup Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 12.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 492 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.