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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAPLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080555002016
Clayton Partnership School
8970 YORK ST, THORNTON, CO 80229 · (303) 853-1460 · Adams County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-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
18.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
334 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
24.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
16.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 13.7% |
% 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
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Clayton Partnership School
Clayton Partnership School's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Partnership School this school | 430 | 77.7% | 20.9% |
| Coronado Hills Elementary School THORNTON | 412 | 81.3% | 15.0% |
| Monterey Community School DENVER | 440 | 78.6% | 18.7% |
| Martinez Elementary School GREELEY | 469 | 80.4% | 19.3% |
| Northeast Elementary School BRIGHTON | 470 | 78.7% | 15.6% |
| Doull Elementary School DENVER | 381 | 85.3% | 31.3% |
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 Clayton Partnership School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #753 of 931 | #48 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #779 of 940 ▲ 37 | #54 of 89 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #757 of 946 ▲ 5 | #50 of 89 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #371 of 1,056 | #47 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #810 of 896 | #74 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.3% | #864 of 896 | #81 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.7% | #176 of 983 | #40 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #552 of 664 | #48 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
430
-102 (-19%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 430 | 23.2 | 18.6:1 | 78% (334) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 23.6 | 18.7:1 | 81% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 23.8 | 17.3:1 | 74% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 24 | 22.2:1 | 72% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 26.6 | 17.3:1 | 74% (340) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 70% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 20 | 21.7:1 | 76% (332) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clayton Partnership School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (459 to 430); teachers down 13% (26.6 to 23.2).
About Clayton Partnership School
Families in THORNTON, Colorado, are served by Clayton Partnership School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 430 students covers kindergarten through 8.
Mapleton Public Schools has 20 schools; together they serve 7,095 students.
Federal enrollment data show Clayton Partnership School is 87% Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White and 2% Asian. The county population is about 43% Hispanic. Clayton Partnership School's diversity index is 23%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at Clayton Partnership School is 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 18.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. About 78% of students, or 334, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Adams County average 62%.
The allk12 Grade for Clayton Partnership School is C. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 19.6% for Clayton Partnership School. The school posts 20.9%, 1.3 points above the prediction.
Adams County has about 530,225 residents, and the median household income is $94,571, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Adams County has 171 public schools and roughly 87,938 students.
The nearest public school is Academy High School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Clayton Partnership School ranks 2nd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 102 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.6:1) than in 2020-21 (22.2:1).
Discussions about Clayton Partnership School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Mapleton Public Schools
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
- Explore Pk-8Elementary · 557 students
- Trailside AcademyElementary · 492 students
- Monterey Community SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Adventure ElementaryElementary · 429 students
- Global Leadership AcademyHigh · 400 students
Other schools in THORNTON
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Thornton High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
- Rocky Top Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,052 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Academy High School0.0 mi · 399
- Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts0.1 mi · 393
- Mapleton Early Career Preparation0.1 mi · 306
- North Valley School for Young Adults0.1 mi · 102
- Achieve Academy0.4 mi · 370
- Preschool on Poze0.4 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About Clayton Partnership SchoolHow large is Clayton Partnership School?
Clayton Partnership School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-08.
Is Clayton Partnership School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clayton Partnership School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Clayton Partnership School have?
Clayton Partnership School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
How diverse is Clayton Partnership School?
Clayton Partnership School reports a student body of 8% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Clayton Partnership School?
Clayton Partnership School is overseen by Mapleton Public Schools in Adams County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.