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
C
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Scored higher than 29% 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.
- FBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 20 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 194% larger than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
41%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
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.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 27.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 28.8% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Free Horizon Montessori
Free Horizon Montessori's state test result (38.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Horizon Montessori this school | 382 | 24.1% | 38.5% |
| Rockrimmon Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 390 | 23.6% | 62.2% |
| Coronado Elementary School LITTLETON | 384 | 21.6% | 56.8% |
| Excel Academy Charter School ARVADA | 445 | 24.5% | 47.9% |
| Singing Hills Elementary School PARKER | 383 | 27.4% | 47.9% |
| Louisville Elementary School LOUISVILLE | 449 | 23.6% | 63.4% |
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 Free Horizon Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #456 of 931 | #57 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #582 of 940 ▼ 50 | #67 of 85 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #454 of 946 ▲ 44 | #59 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #475 of 1,056 | #42 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #798 of 896 | #83 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #658 of 896 | #54 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #771 of 983 | #50 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #489 of 664 | #47 of 62 |
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
382
-33 (-8%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 382 | 20.8 | 18.4:1 | 24% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 22.2 | 16.8:1 | 24% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 19.8 | 19.9:1 | 21% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 22.7 | 18.6:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 21 | 19.0:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 8% (31) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Free Horizon Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (421 to 382); teachers down 8% (22.7 to 20.8).
About Free Horizon Montessori
Free Horizon Montessori is a medium-sized elementary school in GOLDEN, Colorado. The school had 382 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 enrolls 74,935 students, and its 148 schools include Free Horizon Montessori.
Free Horizon Montessori's enrollment is 75% White. Other groups include 17% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Free Horizon Montessori belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 41%.
Staffing totals 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.4:1. That ratio is over the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Free Horizon Montessori is 24%. The 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 8 points higher.
allk12 grades Free Horizon Montessori a C. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Free Horizon Montessori is in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.1%. The school's actual rate is 38.5%, 13.6 points lower.
Free Horizon Montessori is located in Jefferson County, where median household income is about $110,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Free Horizon Montessori is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 74,739 students.
The closest public school, Bell Middle School, is about 0.9 miles from Free Horizon Montessori. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Free Horizon Montessori places 3rd of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Free Horizon Montessori is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 415 to 382. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.3:1 to 18.4:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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.