Dennison Elementary School

Dennison Elementary School operates as a well-populated elementary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Current enrollment sits at 575 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 52% above the state mean of about 379.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Dennison Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Dennison Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Jefferson County's rate of about 32%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dennison 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 59.0%; Dennison Elementary School posts 88.8%, +29.8 points above that line.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Dennison Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Miller Special Education, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dennison Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Dennison Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

Dennison Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 74% to 67% over that span.

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