Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000724
Foothills Elementary School
13165 WEST OHIO AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228 · (303) 982-9324 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
220 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 49 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
62%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
33.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.6% | 25.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 24.7% |
% 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
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Foothills Elementary School
Foothills Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothills Elementary School this school | 363 | 60.6% | 27.5% |
| Skyview Elementary School THORNTON | 326 | 57.7% | 28.4% |
| Secrest Elementary School ARVADA | 334 | 66.5% | 24.2% |
| Burlington Elementary School LONGMONT | 320 | 61.3% | 34.5% |
| Penrose Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 279 | 63.8% | 19.4% |
| Emerald Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 383 | 50.9% | 46.0% |
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 Foothills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #623 of 931 | #68 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #614 of 940 ▼ 4 | #68 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #596 of 946 ▲ 94 | #70 of 85 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #534 of 1,056 | #48 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #131 of 896 | #5 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #166 of 896 | #3 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #366 of 983 | #16 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.5% | #80 of 200 | #13 of 21 |
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
363
+101 (+39%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 363 | 27.6 | 13.1:1 | 61% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 28.2 | 13.5:1 | 64% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 18.5 | 14.7:1 | 65% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | 21 | 12.5:1 | 68% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 69% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 54% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 20 | 18.0:1 | 55% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 26 | 18.5:1 | 21% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 17 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (317 to 363); teachers up 46% (19 to 27.6).
About Foothills Elementary School
Foothills Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, administered by Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school has 363 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Foothills Elementary School falls under Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which has 148 schools enrolling 74,935 students.
White students make up 46% of enrollment at Foothills Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 40% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Jefferson County's population at about 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
The school's 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Income data for the school show 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Jefferson County report 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Foothills Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 30% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Foothills Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.5% is 2.4 points below the 30.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Jefferson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $110,656 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Foothills Elementary School shares Jefferson County with 167 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Green Mountain High School is closest at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Foothills Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Foothills Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 363 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 262.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Foothills Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Foothills Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Foothills Elementary. Foothills Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Foothills Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 400 students
- Foothills ElementaryMaryville, TN · 660 students
- Foothills Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 537 students
- Foothills ElementaryBuckley, WA · 470 students
Nearby schools
- Green Mountain High School0.7 mi · 1,071
- Longview High School0.7 mi · 20
- Warren Tech0.8 mi · 32
- McLain Community High School0.9 mi · 349
- Devinny Elementary School1.2 mi · 505
- Kyffin Elementary School1.3 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Foothills Elementary SchoolHow large is Foothills Elementary School?
Foothills Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Foothills Elementary School serve?
Foothills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Foothills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Foothills Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Foothills Elementary School?
At Foothills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 40% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Foothills Elementary School public or private?
Foothills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.