Eaton Elementary School

Eaton Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school in EATON, Colorado, overseen by Weld County School District No. Re-2. The school educates 484 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Eaton Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Weld County School District No. Re-2, a district that teaches 2,000 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Eaton Elementary School lists that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Eaton Elementary School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Eaton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at Eaton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eaton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.8%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Across the wider county, Weld County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which Eaton Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Eaton Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Eaton Elementary School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 31%: 369 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 22% to 31%.

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