Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000738
Hutchinson Elementary School
12900 WEST UTAH AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228 · (303) 982-9561 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
14.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
77 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 49.6% |
% 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Hutchinson Elementary School
Hutchinson Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Elementary School this school | 328 | 23.5% | 53.2% |
| Coronado Elementary School LITTLETON | 384 | 21.6% | 56.8% |
| Free Horizon Montessori GOLDEN | 382 | 24.1% | 38.5% |
| Strawberry Park Elementary School STEAMBOAT SPRINGS | 368 | 19.8% | 64.7% |
| Werner Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 374 | 22.7% | 67.3% |
| Hopkins Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 372 | 19.9% | 56.2% |
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 Hutchinson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #246 of 931 | #32 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #246 of 940 ▲ 6 | #34 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #181 of 946 ▲ 59 | #27 of 85 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #620 of 1,056 | #57 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #335 of 896 | #22 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #728 of 896 | #63 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.5% | #780 of 983 | #51 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #183 of 200 | #20 of 21 |
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
328
+69 (+27%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 328 | 22.3 | 14.7:1 | 23% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 20.1 | 15.8:1 | 31% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 18.9 | 15.7:1 | 22% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 23% (60) |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 20.8 | 15.6:1 | 22% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 20% (78) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 14% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 25 | 20.5:1 | 6% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 29 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hutchinson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (323 to 328); teachers up 7% (20.8 to 22.3).
About Hutchinson Elementary School
Hutchinson Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 328 students.
The 148 schools of Jefferson County School District No. R-1, including Hutchinson Elementary School, enroll 74,935 students.
White students are 78% of those enrolled at Hutchinson Elementary School. Other reported shares: 14% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Jefferson County, where about 80% of residents are White. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Hutchinson Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado, 16.6:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%. Compared with the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Hutchinson Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 64% of Colorado public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hutchinson Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 53.2%. Predicted: 52.5%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, the median household earns about $110,656 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Jefferson County, 168 public schools serve about 74,739 students.
Among nearby public schools, Dunstan Middle School is closest at about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hutchinson Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Hutchinson Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 328 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 259.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in LAKEWOOD
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Bear Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,344 students
- Green Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- Alameda International Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Bear Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 863 students
- Dunstan Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Other Hutchinson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Hutchinson Elementary. Hutchinson Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Hutchinson Elementary SchoolUniontown, PA · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Dunstan Middle School0.4 mi · 798
- Devinny Elementary School0.4 mi · 505
- Rooney Ranch Elementary School0.4 mi · 492
- Green Mountain High School0.8 mi · 1,071
- Jeffco Virtual Academy1.3 mi · 441
- JeffCo Remote Learning Program1.3 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Hutchinson Elementary SchoolHow large is Hutchinson Elementary School?
Hutchinson Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hutchinson Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hutchinson Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hutchinson Elementary School have?
Hutchinson Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hutchinson Elementary School?
At Hutchinson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 78% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Hutchinson Elementary School public or private?
Hutchinson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.