Governor's Ranch Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary campus in LITTLETON, Colorado, Governor's Ranch Elementary School enrolls 458 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Across the 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students total), Governor's Ranch Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Governor's Ranch Elementary School reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 21% of students at Governor's Ranch Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Jefferson County's rate of about 32%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Governor's Ranch Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.8%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of +2.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that median household income runs about $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Governor's Ranch Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Westridge Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Governor's Ranch Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Governor's Ranch Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 46.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 15%: 397 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025.

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