Henderson Elementary School

Henderson Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in HENDERSON, Colorado, part of School District 27J, instructing 357 students in grades pre-K through 5.

School District 27J runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 24,044 students. Henderson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Henderson Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 27% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Henderson Elementary School logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Henderson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 61% of students at Henderson Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Henderson Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.7%; this one delivers 21.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate median household income runs about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Henderson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Prairie View High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Henderson Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 370 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 64% across the same window.

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