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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001619
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School
13095 PECOS STREET, WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 · (720) 972-5740 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
263 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 74 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
53.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.5% | 42.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Colorado's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School this school | 465 | 56.6% | 48.1% |
| Hunters Glen Elementary School THORNTON | 491 | 53.0% | 39.3% |
| John W Thimmig Elementary School HENDERSON | 531 | 55.9% | 27.4% |
| Trailside Academy DENVER | 492 | 58.3% | 20.1% |
| Colorado STEM Academy WESTMINSTER | 415 | 51.8% | 49.1% |
| Mary E Pennock Elementary School BRIGHTON | 592 | 59.8% | 31.0% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #325 of 931 | #6 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #370 of 940 ▼ 20 | #12 of 89 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #317 of 946 ▲ 49 | #5 of 89 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #296 of 1,056 | #38 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #726 of 896 | #59 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #239 of 896 | #26 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #407 of 983 | #65 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #279 of 664 | #28 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
465
-43 (-8%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 465 | 26.5 | 17.6:1 | 57% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 27.5 | 17.4:1 | 58% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 26 | 19.2:1 | 53% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 508 | 29 | 17.5:1 | 51% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 29 | 20.1:1 | 43% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 32 | 19.8:1 | 37% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 30 | 21.2:1 | 29% (186) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 25 | 23.2:1 | 10% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (584 to 465); teachers down 9% (29 to 26.5).
About Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school based in WESTMINSTER, Colorado. The school counts 465 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Adams 12 Five Star Schools is the district for Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School. It has 54 schools and 34,466 students.
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School's enrollment is 52% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 38% White, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Adams County, the Hispanic share is about 43%. The chance that two students picked at random at Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School's 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.6:1. That ratio is over the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 57%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 15.7 points. The model expects 32.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Colorado; the school's rate is 48.1%.
Adams County has about 530,225 residents, and median household income is about $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Adams County number 171 and enroll about 87,938.
The nearest public school is Westlake Middle School, at about 0.8 miles. Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School saw enrollment fall 8% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in WESTMINSTER
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
- Academy of Charter SchoolsCombined · 1,887 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Standley Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 933 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy High SchoolHigh · 823 students
Nearby schools
- Westlake Middle School0.8 mi · 853
- Centennial Elementary School0.8 mi · 293
- Legacy High School0.9 mi · 2,052
- Mountain Range High School1.0 mi · 1,788
- Silver Hills Middle School1.1 mi · 965
- Five Star Online Academy1.3 mi · 506
Frequently asked questions
About Arapahoe Ridge Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School?
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School serve?
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School?
At Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 38% White, 52% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
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