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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080360000474
Eaton Elementary School
225 JUNIPER AVENUE, EATON, CO 80615 · (970) 454-3331 · Weld County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+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
15.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
207 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Weld County School District No. Re-2. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
54.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 54.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 50.5% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Eaton Elementary School
Eaton Elementary School's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eaton Elementary School this school | 484 | 42.8% | 49.0% |
| Gunnison Elementary School GUNNISON | 560 | 45.4% | 37.6% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 458 | 39.5% | 47.1% |
| Little Raven Elementary School LITTLETON | 475 | 40.2% | 43.9% |
| Ayres Elementary School STERLING | 385 | 45.7% | N/A |
| Oak Grove Elementary School MONTROSE | 374 | 41.2% | 37.3% |
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 Eaton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #310 of 931 | #12 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #204 of 940 ▲ 35 | #9 of 55 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #355 of 946 ▼ 25 | #15 of 55 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #268 of 1,056 | #29 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #469 of 896 | #18 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #535 of 896 | #36 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.8% | #549 of 983 | #34 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.2% | #35 of 200 | #4 of 17 |
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
484
+89 (+23%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 327
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 484 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 43% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 28.6 | 15.7:1 | 40% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 25.5 | 16.7:1 | 30% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 23 | 17.2:1 | 24% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 22.3 | 16.6:1 | 29% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 35% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 38% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 37% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 327 | 11 | 29.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eaton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (369 to 484); teachers up 40% (22.3 to 31).
About Eaton Elementary School
Eaton Elementary School is an elementary school in EATON, Colorado, and it is part of Weld County School District No. Re-2. The school enrolls 484 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Colorado enroll around 379, and this school is 28% larger than that mark.
Weld County School District No. Re-2 operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 2,000 students.
More than half of enrollment at Eaton Elementary School is White: 66%. Other groups include 31% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Eaton Elementary School scores 47%.
The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 43% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Eaton Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 72% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Eaton Elementary School is 40.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.0%.
In the wider Weld County area, median household income comes to about $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Weld County's 116 public schools enroll about 61,274 students and include Eaton Elementary School.
The closest school to Eaton Elementary School is Eaton Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Eaton Elementary School. On proficiency, Eaton Elementary School is ahead of the 29.7% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Fringe, meaning it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 484 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 395. The ratio was 17.2:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Eaton Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld County School District No. Re-2
- Eaton High SchoolHigh · 567 students
- Eaton Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Benjamin Eaton Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Galeton Elementary SchoolElementary · 107 students
Other schools in EATON
- Eaton High SchoolHigh · 567 students
- Eaton Middle SchoolMiddle · 485 students
- Benjamin Eaton Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Other Eaton Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Eaton Elementary. Eaton Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Eaton ElementaryLenoir City, TN · 677 students
- Eaton ElementaryFresno, CA · 512 students
- Eaton Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 436 students
- Eaton Elementary SchoolEaton, IN · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Eaton Middle School0.3 mi · 485
- Eaton High School0.6 mi · 567
- Benjamin Eaton Elementary School0.6 mi · 357
- Highland High School3.8 mi · 299
- Highland Middle School3.8 mi · 234
- Platte Valley Youth Services Center5.3 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Eaton Elementary SchoolHow large is Eaton Elementary School?
Eaton Elementary School enrolls approximately 484 students in grades KG-05.
Is Eaton Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eaton Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Eaton Elementary School have?
Eaton Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
How diverse is Eaton Elementary School?
Eaton Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 31% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Eaton Elementary School?
Eaton Elementary School is overseen by Weld County School District No. Re-2 in Weld County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.