Clayton Elementary School

Clayton Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary campus in ENGLEWOOD, Colorado, one of the schools within Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe, teaches 402 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 9 schools in Englewood School District No. 1 in the county of Arapahoe (2,406 students total), Clayton Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Clayton Elementary School shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 39% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Clayton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Clayton Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.8%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) shows that median household income runs about $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Clayton Elementary School is one.

Colorado's Finest High School of Choice is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 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), Clayton Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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