Green Gables Elementary School

Green Gables Elementary School is a primary school of small scale in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1, educateing 315 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Green Gables Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Green Gables Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest looks like 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Green Gables Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.3%; this one comes in at 32.3%, -14.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Green Gables Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

The closest other public school is Westgate Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Green Gables Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Green Gables Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 315). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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