Homestead Elementary School

Homestead Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, one of the schools within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. The school instructs 334 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, which oversees 70 schools and 52,099 students, Homestead Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Homestead Elementary School records that 77% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Homestead Elementary School shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Homestead Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Homestead Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Arapahoe County shows median household earnings sit near $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Homestead Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Dry Creek Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Homestead Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.9%.

Homestead Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Homestead Elementary School has contracted 36%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 14% to 5% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.