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Best kept secret at Hackberry Hill Elementary School?
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Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000737
Hackberry Hill Elementary School
7300 WEST 76TH AVENUE, ARVADA, CO 80003 · (303) 982-0260 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
17.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
149 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
62.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.7pp 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 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 48.6% |
% 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
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Hackberry Hill Elementary School
Hackberry Hill Elementary School's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackberry Hill Elementary School this school | 430 | 34.7% | 56.3% |
| Lukas Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 402 | 31.3% | 40.9% |
| Ryan Elementary School LAFAYETTE | 436 | 34.9% | 46.1% |
| Timnath Elementary School TIMNATH | 455 | 30.8% | 53.6% |
| Tavelli Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 519 | 35.8% | 63.0% |
| Kruse Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 406 | 38.9% | 65.2% |
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 Hackberry Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #197 of 931 | #27 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #223 of 940 ▲ 41 | #30 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #180 of 946 ▲ 21 | #26 of 85 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #369 of 1,056 | #33 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #755 of 896 | #76 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #418 of 896 | #28 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #648 of 983 | #32 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #406 of 664 | #39 of 62 |
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
430
+45 (+12%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 430 | 24.1 | 17.8:1 | 35% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 23.6 | 18.7:1 | 37% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 30% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 21 | 18.3:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 24.1 | 20.6:1 | 30% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 31% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 25% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 14% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 19 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hackberry Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (498 to 430); teachers unchanged (24.1 to 24.1).
About Hackberry Hill Elementary School
Hackberry Hill Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in ARVADA, Colorado. Enrollment is 430 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5.
Hackberry Hill Elementary School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1, where 148 schools serve 74,935 students.
White students make up a majority at Hackberry Hill Elementary School, at 64%. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 80% White. Hackberry Hill Elementary School's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.8:1. This ratio sits 1.2 above the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 35%. That tracks the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
The allk12 Grade for Hackberry Hill Elementary School is A-. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 84% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Colorado, Hackberry Hill Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 56.3% actual against a predicted 45.7%.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, the median household income is $110,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Jefferson County is home to 168 public schools and about 74,739 public school students.
The nearest public school is North Arvada Middle School, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Hackberry Hill Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place Hackberry Hill Elementary School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 12% from 2020-21, when Hackberry Hill Elementary School had 385 students, to 2024-25, when it had 430.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in ARVADA
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Pomona Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Three Creeks K-8Elementary · 1,050 students
- Drake Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- Lincoln Charter AcademyElementary · 824 students
Nearby schools
- North Arvada Middle School0.5 mi · 464
- Warder Elementary School0.7 mi · 432
- Two Roads Charter School0.9 mi · 345
- Weber Elementary School1.2 mi · 312
- Pomona Junior/Senior High School1.2 mi · 1,252
- Swanson Elementary School1.2 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About Hackberry Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Hackberry Hill Elementary School?
Hackberry Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades KG-05.
Is Hackberry Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hackberry Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Hackberry Hill Elementary School have?
Hackberry Hill Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
How diverse is Hackberry Hill Elementary School?
Hackberry Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hackberry Hill Elementary School public or private?
Hackberry Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.