Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J·NCES 080258000146
Henderson Elementary School
12301 EAST 124TH AVENUE, HENDERSON, CO 80640 · (303) 655-2700 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
14.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
218 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 44 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
31.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +17.4pp since 2023
Math
17.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.1% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 20.3% |
% 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Henderson Elementary School
Henderson Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Elementary School this school | 357 | 61.1% | 21.7% |
| Cherry Drive Elementary School THORNTON | 325 | 59.7% | 26.3% |
| Crown Pointe Charter Academy WESTMINSTER | 461 | 61.6% | 35.1% |
| Trailside Academy DENVER | 492 | 58.3% | 20.1% |
| Fountain International Magnet School PUEBLO | 276 | 54.7% | 45.8% |
| Leo William Butler Elementary School FORT LUPTON | 355 | 66.5% | 26.3% |
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 Henderson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #738 of 931 | #47 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #758 of 940 ▼ 65 | #48 of 89 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #637 of 946 ▲ 243 | #34 of 89 ▲ 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #548 of 1,056 | #67 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #363 of 896 | #18 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #426 of 896 | #42 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #360 of 983 | #56 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #601 of 664 | #54 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
357
+42 (+13%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 61% (218) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 69% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 353 | 19 | 18.6:1 | 54% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 43% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 25.8 | 14.3:1 | 50% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 45% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 37% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 29% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 16 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henderson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (370 to 357); teachers down 7% (25.8 to 24).
About Henderson Elementary School
Henderson Elementary School is an elementary school located in HENDERSON, Colorado, in Adams County. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 357 students in pre-K through 5.
School District 27J, which runs Henderson Elementary School, has 33 schools and 24,044 students.
At 64%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Henderson Elementary School combined. Other students are 27% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 43% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Henderson Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The school reported 24 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 14.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. That is close to the 62% average for public schools in Adams County.
The allk12 Grade for Henderson Elementary School is D. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Henderson Elementary School are 8.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (21.7% actual, 29.7% predicted).
Federal survey data for Adams County show that median household income is about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Henderson Elementary School is among the 171 public schools in Adams County.
The closest other public school is Prairie View High School, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Henderson Elementary School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Henderson Elementary School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 357, 13% above the 315 of 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in School District 27J
- Colorado Connections @ 27JCombined · 2,042 students
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in HENDERSON
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John W Thimmig Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Belle Creek Charter SchoolElementary · 519 students
Other Henderson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Henderson Elementary. Henderson Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Henderson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 819 students
- HENDERSON ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 653 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 633 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 580 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolBRYAN, TX · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie View High School0.5 mi · 1,809
- Prairie View Middle School0.8 mi · 679
- John W Thimmig Elementary School1.3 mi · 531
- Turnberry Elementary2.3 mi · 742
- Riverdale Ridge High School2.3 mi · 1,784
- Rodger Quist Middle School2.5 mi · 855
Frequently asked questions
About Henderson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Henderson Elementary School?
Henderson Elementary School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Henderson Elementary School serve?
Henderson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Henderson Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Henderson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Henderson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Henderson Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 64% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Henderson Elementary School in?
Henderson Elementary School is part of School District 27J.
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