Fremont Elementary School

Fremont Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school in ARVADA, Colorado, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school works with 268 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Fremont Elementary School sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Fremont Elementary School is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that educates 74,935 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Fremont Elementary School reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 27% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Fremont Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Fremont Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 41.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Fremont Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Arvada West High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fremont Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.8%.

Fremont Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Fremont Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 277 (now 268). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 21% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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