Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080360001986
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School
100 SOUTH MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE, EATON, CO 80615 · (970) 454-5200 · Weld County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
14.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
110 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Weld County School District No. Re-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
55.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.9% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 52.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 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 Benjamin Eaton Elementary School
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Eaton Elementary School this school | 357 | 30.8% | 55.3% |
| Rice Elementary School WELLINGTON | 401 | 31.7% | 44.5% |
| Central Elementary School LONGMONT | 344 | 31.1% | 70.2% |
| Knowledge Quest Academy MILLIKEN | 395 | 27.1% | 35.4% |
| Singing Hills Elementary School PARKER | 383 | 27.4% | 47.9% |
| Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning COLORADO SPRINGS | 298 | 32.9% | 57.6% |
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 Benjamin Eaton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #208 of 931 | #8 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #162 of 940 ▲ 39 | #4 of 55 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #279 of 946 ▲ 10 | #9 of 55 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #549 of 1,056 | #46 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #362 of 896 | #12 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #647 of 896 | #45 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #696 of 983 | #43 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #501 of 664 | #24 of 30 |
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
357
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 31% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 24.5 | 15.3:1 | 28% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 19% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 23.8 | 16.5:1 | 39% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 37% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 342 | 19 | 18.0:1 | 35% (120) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Eaton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (391 to 357); teachers up 1% (23.8 to 24).
About Benjamin Eaton Elementary School
This page covers Benjamin Eaton Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in EATON, Colorado. The school had 357 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School is one school in a 5-school district, Weld County School District No. Re-2, which enrolls 2,000 students.
White students account for 72% of enrollment at Benjamin Eaton Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, about 73% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Benjamin Eaton Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
The school employs the equivalent of 24 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.9:1. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 31%. The rate at public schools in Weld County averages 47%, higher than here.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Benjamin Eaton 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.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.0% for Benjamin Eaton Elementary School. The school posts 55.3%, 7.3 points above the prediction.
Census estimates describe Weld County this way: median household income is about $97,097, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 116 public schools in Weld County, with a combined enrollment of about 61,274.
Nearest public school: Eaton High School, about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 5. On average proficiency, Benjamin Eaton Elementary School is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 393 to 357. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.9:1 to 14.9:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld County School District No. Re-2
- Eaton High SchoolHigh · 567 students
- Eaton Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Eaton Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
- Galeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 107 students
Other schools in EATON
- Eaton High SchoolHigh · 567 students
- Eaton Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Eaton Elementary SchoolElementary · 484 students
Nearby schools
- Eaton High School0.3 mi · 567
- Eaton Elementary School0.6 mi · 484
- Eaton Middle School0.7 mi · 485
- Highland High School4.1 mi · 299
- Highland Middle School4.1 mi · 234
- Platte Valley Youth Services Center5.0 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Eaton Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Benjamin Eaton Elementary School?
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Benjamin Eaton Elementary School serve?
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Benjamin Eaton Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Benjamin Eaton Elementary School.
How diverse is Benjamin Eaton Elementary School?
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Benjamin Eaton Elementary School?
Benjamin Eaton Elementary School is overseen by Weld County School District No. Re-2 in Weld County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.