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If you could change one rule at Jefferson Academy Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
737
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000975
Jefferson Academy Elementary
9955 YARROW STREET, BROOMFIELD, CO 80021 · (303) 438-1011 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
15.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
130 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (111).
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
63.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
58.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.8% | 58.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.1% | 58.2% |
% 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Jefferson Academy Elementary
Jefferson Academy Elementary's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Academy Elementary this school | 737 | 17.6% | 58.8% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School MONUMENT | 869 | 20.4% | 58.4% |
| World Compass Academy CASTLE ROCK | 791 | 15.5% | 55.9% |
| Edison Elementary School DENVER | 583 | 18.0% | 71.7% |
| Firestone Charter Academy FIRESTONE | 600 | 22.3% | 40.9% |
| Academy Charter School CASTLE ROCK | 581 | 10.5% | 67.7% |
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 Jefferson Academy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #166 of 931 | #21 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #160 of 940 ▼ 22 | #22 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #156 of 946 ▲ 52 | #25 of 85 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #56 of 1,056 | #5 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #512 of 896 | #43 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #610 of 896 | #46 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #858 of 983 | #60 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #657 of 664 | #62 of 62 |
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
737
-35 (-5%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 737 | 46.4 | 15.9:1 | 18% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 46.2 | 15.7:1 | 16% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 45.7 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 772 | 43 | 17.9:1 | 13% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 742 | 42.1 | 17.6:1 | 14% (101) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 39 | 17.9:1 | 13% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 11% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 651 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 4% (27) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Academy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (742 to 737); teachers up 10% (42.1 to 46.4).
About Jefferson Academy Elementary
Jefferson Academy Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in BROOMFIELD, Colorado, one of the schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1. A federal count lists 737 students at the school, in pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
District-wide, Jefferson County School District No. R-1 has 148 schools and 74,935 students.
At Jefferson Academy Elementary, White students make up 74% of the student body. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. That matches the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado fairly closely. Eligible students account for 18% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 32% for public schools in Jefferson County.
The allk12 Grade for Jefferson Academy Elementary is B+. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 72% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Jefferson Academy Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 58.8% is 2.7 points above the 56.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Jefferson County, the median household income is $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Jefferson Academy Elementary is one of 168 public schools in the county.
Summit Academy is the public school closest to Jefferson Academy Elementary, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Jefferson Academy Elementary ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 58.8% against a local average of 34.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. As a charter school, Jefferson Academy Elementary is publicly funded and operates under a charter.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment decrease, from 772 in 2020-21 to 737 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.9:1 to 15.9:1.
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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 BROOMFIELD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
- Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 853 students
- Aspen Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Thunder Vista P-8Elementary · 725 students
Nearby schools
- Summit Academy0.0 mi · 66
- Semper Elementary School0.5 mi · 314
- Doral Academy of Colorado0.6 mi · 168
- Mandalay Middle School0.7 mi · 443
- Woodrow Wilson Charter Academy0.8 mi · 518
- Lukas Elementary School0.9 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Academy ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Academy Elementary?
Jefferson Academy Elementary enrolls approximately 737 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Jefferson Academy Elementary serve?
Jefferson Academy Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jefferson Academy Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jefferson Academy Elementary is approximately 15.9:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Jefferson Academy Elementary?
Student demographics at Jefferson Academy Elementary are roughly 74% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Jefferson Academy Elementary public or private?
Jefferson Academy Elementary is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, 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.