Enrollment
355
Elementary
DISTRICT 478 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 080291000192
Greenwood Elementary School
5550 SOUTH HOLLY STREET, GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111 · (720) 554-3400 · Arapahoe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL355 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
57 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 14 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
61.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -6.9pp since 2023
Math
61.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 64.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood Elementary School this school | 355 | 16.1% | 61.8% |
| Roxborough Elementary School LITTLETON | 368 | 13.9% | N/A |
| Douglass Elementary School BOULDER | 313 | 14.1% | 66.5% |
| Northeast Elementary School PARKER | 329 | 15.8% | 64.2% |
| Frontier Valley Elementary School PARKER | 369 | 13.3% | 53.4% |
| Hopkins Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 372 | 19.9% | 56.2% |
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 Greenwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Arapahoe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #133 of 931 | #14 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #130 of 940 ▼ 52 | #16 of 96 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #187 of 946 ▼ 88 | #19 of 96 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 355 | #550 of 1,056 | #83 of 104 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #197 of 896 | #20 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #739 of 896 | #91 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.1% | #882 of 983 | #91 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #335 of 664 | #28 of 70 |
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
355
-49 (-12%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 355 | 25.8 | 13.8:1 | 16% (57) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 25.3 | 14.3:1 | 13% (48) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 26.1 | 13.7:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 25.1 | 17.0:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 23 | 17.3:1 | 3% (13) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Greenwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (428 to 355); teachers up 3% (25.1 to 25.8).
About Greenwood Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colorado. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 355 students.
Greenwood Elementary School is part of Cherry Creek School District, where 70 schools serve 52,099 students.
At Greenwood Elementary School, 79% of students are White. The remaining students are 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Arapahoe County is about 59% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School is 13.8:1, based on 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Lunch program data show 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Arapahoe County average 50%.
Greenwood Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 57.0% at Greenwood Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.8%.
Looking at the county, Arapahoe County, median household income comes to about $101,087, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 47% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 176 public schools and about 115,502 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, West Middle School, is the closest to Greenwood Elementary School. Greenwood Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Greenwood Elementary School comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Greenwood Elementary School enrolled 404 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 355. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.2:1 to 13.8:1.
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Arapahoe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
659,844
Census ACS
Median income
$101,087
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
115,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherry Creek School District
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Cherokee Trail High SchoolHigh · 3,089 students
- Eaglecrest High SchoolHigh · 2,851 students
- Grandview High SchoolHigh · 2,684 students
- Smoky Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,297 students
- Overland High SchoolHigh · 2,228 students
Other schools in GREENWOOD VILLAGE
- Cherry Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,852 students
- Campus Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,311 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Cherry Creek Charter AcademyElementary · 594 students
- Belleview Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- High Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
Other Greenwood Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 21 states are named Greenwood Elementary. Greenwood Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 27.
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 829 students
- GREENWOOD ELEMENTARYPLYMOUTH, MN · 762 students
- Greenwood ElementaryMontebello, CA · 746 students
- Greenwood ElementaryGlen Allen, VA · 649 students
- Greenwood ElementarySanford, NC · 571 students
Nearby schools
- West Middle School0.5 mi · 1,019
- Lois Lenski Elementary School1.1 mi · 509
- Heritage Elementary School1.4 mi · 302
- Newton Middle School1.7 mi · 781
- Thomas Jefferson High School2.1 mi · 1,390
- Walnut Hills Community Elementary School2.2 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Greenwood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Greenwood Elementary School?
Greenwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 355 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Greenwood Elementary School serve?
Greenwood Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Greenwood Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Greenwood Elementary School?
Student demographics at Greenwood Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Greenwood Elementary School in?
Greenwood Elementary School is part of Cherry Creek School District.
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