Hackberry Hill Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in ARVADA, Colorado, Hackberry Hill Elementary School instructs 430 students from grades K through 5, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.

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

On the student-mix side, Hackberry Hill Elementary School records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 28% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hackberry Hill Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.7%, the actual is 56.3%, a residual of +10.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Hackberry Hill Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is North Arvada Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hackberry Hill Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 26.8%.

Hackberry Hill Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hackberry Hill Elementary School has decreased 14%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 430 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 19% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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