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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000711
Devinny Elementary School
1725 SOUTH WRIGHT STREET, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228 · (303) 982-9200 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
18.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
69 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
69.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
69.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.4% | 69.9% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 68.6% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Devinny Elementary School
Devinny Elementary School's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devinny Elementary School this school | 505 | 13.7% | 70.1% |
| Shaffer Elementary School LITTLETON | 497 | 13.7% | 60.7% |
| Coyote Creek Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 506 | 12.6% | 65.1% |
| Kyffin Elementary School GOLDEN | 503 | 10.5% | 77.1% |
| Steele Elementary School DENVER | 452 | 13.9% | 75.5% |
| Van Arsdale Elementary School ARVADA | 492 | 16.7% | 51.6% |
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 Devinny Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #55 of 931 | #9 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #54 of 940 ▼ 3 | #9 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #93 of 946 ▼ 17 | #14 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #227 of 1,056 | #18 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #768 of 896 | #78 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.5% | #689 of 896 | #56 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #906 of 983 | #67 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #503 of 664 | #49 of 62 |
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
505
+42 (+9%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 542
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 505 | 28.1 | 18.0:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 27.7 | 17.6:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 25.7 | 17.7:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 25 | 18.5:1 | 13% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 28.5 | 19.4:1 | 16% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 13% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 13% (80) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 27 | 21.6:1 | 5% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 542 | 24 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Devinny Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (553 to 505); teachers down 1% (28.5 to 28.1).
About Devinny Elementary School
Devinny Elementary School is an elementary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, according to federal school records. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 505 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 33% bigger than that.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 has 74,935 students spread across 148 schools.
At Devinny Elementary School, White students make up 76% of the student body. It is also 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Jefferson County is about 80% White. Devinny Elementary School's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.0:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Devinny Elementary School reports 14% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Jefferson County averages 32%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Devinny Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Devinny Elementary School scores 70.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.4%.
Census estimates describe Jefferson County this way: the median household income is $110,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Besides Devinny Elementary School, Jefferson County has 167 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Dunstan Middle School, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 44.3%, lower than Devinny Elementary School's 70.1%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Devinny Elementary School's enrollment grew 9%, to 505.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in LAKEWOOD
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Bear Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,344 students
- Green Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- Alameda International Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Bear Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 863 students
- Dunstan Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Nearby schools
- Dunstan Middle School0.1 mi · 798
- Hutchinson Elementary School0.4 mi · 328
- Green Mountain High School0.6 mi · 1,071
- Jeffco Virtual Academy0.9 mi · 441
- JeffCo Remote Learning Program0.9 mi · 399
- Rooney Ranch Elementary School0.9 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Devinny Elementary SchoolHow large is Devinny Elementary School?
Devinny Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades KG-05.
Is Devinny Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Devinny Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Devinny Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Devinny Elementary School is approximately 18.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Devinny Elementary School?
Student demographics at Devinny Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Devinny Elementary School?
Devinny Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.