Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080723001238
Harris Park Elementary School
4300 WEST 75TH AVENUE, WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 · (303) 428-1721 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
185 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 21% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsMath
6.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -9.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Colorado average is about 36 of 100. Math scores are down about 10 points since 2023.
CMAS results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 6.4% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% |
% 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
15.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 Harris Park Elementary School
Harris Park Elementary School's state test result (15.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Park Elementary School this school | 234 | 79.1% | 15.4% |
| Centennial Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 293 | 76.1% | 19.2% |
| Westminster Academy for International Studies WESTMINSTER | 258 | 77.9% | 31.5% |
| Heritage Elementary School PUEBLO | 250 | 83.6% | 22.3% |
| South Park Elementary School PUEBLO | 273 | 81.7% | 26.6% |
| Bill Metz Elementary School MONTE VISTA | 253 | 75.9% | 24.4% |
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 Harris Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #852 of 931 | #69 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.4% | #920 of 940 ▼ 141 | #84 of 89 ▼ 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #861 of 1,056 | #88 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #543 of 896 | #34 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #439 of 896 | #45 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #163 of 983 | #34 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #149 of 664 | #13 of 63 |
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
234
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 234 | 14.6 | 16.1:1 | 79% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 12.5 | 17.2:1 | 84% (181) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 15.7 | 13.9:1 | 77% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 15 | 16.5:1 | 79% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 324 | 21.3 | 15.2:1 | 79% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 86% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 396 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 86% (339) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 46% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 23 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harris Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (324 to 234); teachers down 32% (21.3 to 14.6).
About Harris Park Elementary School
Families in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, are served by Harris Park Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. It teaches 234 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Colorado have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Westminster Public Schools serves 7,724 students across 18 schools.
Of every 100 students at Harris Park Elementary School, about 66 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 24% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Adams County, the Hispanic share is about 43%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
Its staff includes 14.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.1 students per teacher. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is close to this figure. Roughly 79% of students at Harris Park Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Adams County, the average eligibility rate is 62%.
Harris Park Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Harris Park Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 15.4% is 3.3 points below the 18.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Adams County, median household income comes to about $94,571, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 171, with about 87,938 students.
Hidden Lake Secondary is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Harris Park Elementary School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 15.4% versus a 20.9% average.
Locale data from NCES put Harris Park Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
The school's student count decreased 5% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
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- Hidden Lake Secondary0.7 mi · 340
- Westminster High School0.7 mi · 2,010
- Colorado STEM Academy0.8 mi · 415
- Westminster Academy for International Studies0.9 mi · 258
- Early Learning Center at Gregory Hill1.2 mi · 137
- Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy1.2 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Harris Park Elementary SchoolHow large is Harris Park Elementary School?
Harris Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 234 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harris Park Elementary School serve?
Harris Park Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harris Park Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Harris Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Harris Park Elementary School?
Harris Park Elementary School reports a student body of 24% White, 66% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Harris Park Elementary School?
Harris Park Elementary School is overseen by Westminster Public Schools in Adams County.
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