Gilcrest Elementary School

Gilcrest Elementary School is an elementary campus of modestly sized scale in GILCREST, Colorado, overseen by Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1, educateing 178 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Gilcrest Elementary School sits 53% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1 (1,727 students total), Gilcrest Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Gilcrest Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment; the rest looks like 30% White. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Gilcrest Elementary School records 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at Gilcrest Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gilcrest Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 38.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Weld County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,097 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Gilcrest Elementary School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

Nearest neighbor: Valley High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Gilcrest Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 27.1%.

Gilcrest Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Gilcrest Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 167 (now 178). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 59% to 69%. Class-load math has widened: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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