Edgewater Elementary School

Edgewater Elementary School is one of the mid-tier primary schools in EDGEWATER, Colorado, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1, with 335 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students total), Edgewater Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Edgewater Elementary School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 16% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Edgewater Elementary School lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Edgewater Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 32%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Edgewater Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.9%.

In the area at large, 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 Edgewater Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lumberg Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Edgewater Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.8%.

Edgewater Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 83% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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