Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080723001363
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy
8731 LOWELL BOULEVARD, WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 · (303) 428-2161 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
17.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
269 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 21% larger than its 8th grade class (38).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy→Westminster High School
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
27.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
15.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 19.6% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy this school | 354 | 76.0% | 24.8% |
| Alicia Sanchez International School LAFAYETTE | 321 | 78.5% | 25.6% |
| Shawsheen Elementary School GREELEY | 405 | 76.0% | 14.3% |
| Meadow Community School THORNTON | 378 | 74.9% | 16.5% |
| Leroy Elementary NORTHGLENN | 435 | 78.9% | 16.8% |
| Union Colony Elementary School EVANS | 342 | 76.0% | 22.0% |
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 John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #685 of 931 | #39 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #787 of 940 ▼ 78 | #56 of 89 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #692 of 946 ▲ 19 | #43 of 89 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #556 of 1,056 | #68 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #692 of 896 | #55 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #528 of 896 | #50 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #199 of 983 | #43 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.2% | #40 of 200 | #8 of 20 |
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
354
+58 (+20%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 354 | 20.5 | 17.3:1 | 76% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 22.6 | 15.4:1 | 76% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 19 | 17.8:1 | 74% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 72% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 274 | 17.1 | 16.0:1 | 75% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 16 | 18.0:1 | 82% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 19 | 19.0:1 | 68% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 14 | 20.6:1 | 15% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 18 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (274 to 354); teachers up 20% (17.1 to 20.5).
About John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy
Among the schools in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, is John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy, a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 354 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25.
The Westminster Public Schools system has 18 schools and 7,724 students.
A majority of students at John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy, 69%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 20% White and 7% Asian. Adams County's residents are about 43% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 20.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 62%.
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy would score about 20.6%. It scores 24.8%, 4.1 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, Adams County, median household income is about $94,571, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. A total of 171 public schools operate in Adams County, serving about 87,938 students.
The nearest other public school, Shaw Heights Middle School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy places 2nd out of 4 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 296 to 354. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.3:1.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About John E. Flynn A Marzano AcademyHow many students attend John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy?
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy enrolls approximately 354 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy serve?
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy.
How diverse is John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy?
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy reports a student body of 20% White, 69% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy?
John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy is overseen by Westminster Public Schools in Adams County.
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