Enrollment
382
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001920
Free Horizon Montessori
15920 W 10TH AVE, GOLDEN, CO 80401 · (303) 982-5921 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
92 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
43.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
27.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
382
-39 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.6:1
% White
75%
was 83%
% Hispanic
17%
was 11%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Free Horizon Montessori
Free Horizon Montessori, an average-sized primary school in GOLDEN, Colorado, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, serves 382 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Free Horizon Montessori is among them.
In terms of who attends, Free Horizon Montessori records that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Free Horizon Montessori is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.1%; Free Horizon Montessori posts 38.5%, -13.6 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Free Horizon Montessori is one.
Bell Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Free Horizon Montessori ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Free Horizon Montessori has ticked down 9%, going from 421 students in 2018 to 382 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 83% to 75% over that span.
On the community side, members of the Free Horizon Montessori community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 GOLDEN
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Bell Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Golden View Classical AcademyCombined · 737 students
- Fairmount Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Kyffin Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
Nearby schools
- Bell Middle School0.9 mi · 774
- Golden View Classical Academy1.1 mi · 737
- Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus1.2 mi · 22
- Kyffin Elementary School1.3 mi · 503
- Welchester Elementary School1.8 mi · 293
- McLain Community High School1.8 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Free Horizon MontessoriHow many students attend Free Horizon Montessori?
Free Horizon Montessori enrolls approximately 382 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Free Horizon Montessori serve?
Free Horizon Montessori serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Free Horizon Montessori have?
Free Horizon Montessori employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Free Horizon Montessori?
At Free Horizon Montessori, the student body is approximately 75% White, 17% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Free Horizon Montessori public or private?
Free Horizon Montessori 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.