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Best kept secret at Dupont Elementary School?
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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 356 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 14·NCES 080195000013
Dupont Elementary School
7970 KIMBERLY STREET, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022 · (303) 287-0189 · Adams County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
425 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
15.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
9.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 9.2% |
| 2023-24 | 14.4% | 8.8% |
% 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
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Dupont Elementary School
Dupont Elementary School's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dupont Elementary School this school | 488 | 87.1% | 13.5% |
| Kemp Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 517 | 88.6% | 19.3% |
| Alsup Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 492 | 85.4% | 14.8% |
| Monaco Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 434 | 87.1% | 12.7% |
| Sunset Ridge PK-8 WESTMINSTER | 449 | 87.8% | 19.3% |
| Colorado Sports Leadership Academy DENVER | 425 | 90.4% | 14.5% |
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 Dupont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #885 of 931 | #77 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #896 of 940 ▼ 3 | #75 of 89 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #881 of 946 ▼ 3 | #75 of 89 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #260 of 1,056 | #32 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #501 of 896 | #31 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #888 of 896 | #86 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #71 of 983 | #23 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #377 of 664 | #32 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
488
+89 (+22%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 534
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 488 | 30.9 | 15.8:1 | 87% (425) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 27.7 | 15.7:1 | 91% (397) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 24.8 | 16.4:1 | 81% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 76% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 32 | 18.0:1 | 89% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 36 | 17.8:1 | 89% (571) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 32 | 18.3:1 | 90% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 67% (348) |
| 1990-91 | 534 | 26 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dupont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (576 to 488); teachers down 3% (32 to 30.9).
About Dupont Elementary School
Dupont Elementary School is an elementary school in COMMERCE CITY, Colorado, according to federal school records. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 488 students. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Adams County School District 14 is responsible for 12 schools, Dupont Elementary School included, with 5,221 students in all.
A large majority of enrollment at Dupont Elementary School is Hispanic, at 91%. After that, the student body is 7% White. Among all residents of Adams County, the Hispanic share is about 43%. The diversity index for Dupont Elementary School is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 15.8:1 is based on 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 87%. The rate at public schools in Adams County averages 62%, lower than here.
Dupont Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dupont Elementary School would score about 13.9%. It scores 13.5%, within a point of that figure.
Looking at the county, Adams County, median household income comes to about $94,571, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 171 public schools and about 87,938 students.
Dupont Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Monaco Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Dupont Elementary School is ahead of the 13.3% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 488, compared with 399 in 2020-21.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Adams County School District 14
- Adams City High SchoolHigh · 1,500 students
- Kemp Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Alsup Elementary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Monaco Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Kearney Middle SchoolMiddle · 397 students
Other schools in COMMERCE CITY
- Adams City High SchoolHigh · 1,500 students
- Otho E Stuart Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Landmark Academy at ReunionElementary · 758 students
- Reunion Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Turnberry ElementaryElementary · 742 students
- Second Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 697 students
Other Dupont Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Dupont Elementary. Dupont Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Dupont ElementaryHopewell, VA · 589 students
- DuPont ElementaryOld Hickory, TN · 331 students
- DuPont Elementary SchoolChattanooga, TN · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Monaco Elementary School0.5 mi · 434
- Lester R Arnold High School1.0 mi · 184
- Adams City High School1.3 mi · 1,500
- Adams City Middle School1.3 mi · 296
- Community Leadership Academy1.4 mi · 316
- Kemp Elementary School1.6 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Dupont Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dupont Elementary School?
Dupont Elementary School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Dupont Elementary School serve?
Dupont Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dupont Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dupont Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dupont Elementary School?
Dupont Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 91% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Dupont Elementary School?
Dupont Elementary School is overseen by Adams County School District 14 in Adams County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.