Hudson Elementary School
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Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hudson Elementary School
Hudson Elementary School is one of the cozy K-5 schools in HUDSON, Colorado, run under Weld County School District RE-3J, with 303 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Hudson Elementary School sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.
Hudson Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Weld County School District RE-3J, a district that enrolls 2,666 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Hudson Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 44% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Hudson Elementary School shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Hudson Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hudson Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.7%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Weld County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,097 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hudson Elementary School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).
Weld Re-3J Online Innovations is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hudson Elementary School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 27.0%.
Hudson Elementary School operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
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