Bergen Elementary School

Bergen Elementary School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in EVERGREEN, Colorado, operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, serveing 456 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Bergen Elementary School sits 20% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students total), Bergen Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bergen Elementary School reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Bergen Elementary School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Bergen Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Bergen Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.5%; Bergen Elementary School posts 74.8%, +15.3 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Bergen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bergen Meadow Primary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bergen Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bergen Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 49.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 52%: 300 students in 2018 compared to 456 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Bergen Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.