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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J·NCES 080258001822
John W Thimmig Elementary School
11453 OSWEGO STREET, HENDERSON, CO 80640 · (303) 655-2750 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
17.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
297 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 70 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
33.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
26.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.8pp since 2023
What 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 27 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 21.9% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 W Thimmig Elementary School
John W Thimmig Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John W Thimmig Elementary School this school | 531 | 55.9% | 27.4% |
| Trailside Academy DENVER | 492 | 58.3% | 20.1% |
| Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 465 | 56.6% | 48.1% |
| Mary E Pennock Elementary School BRIGHTON | 592 | 59.8% | 31.0% |
| Meadow Ridge Elementary School LOCHBUIE | 440 | 56.1% | N/A |
| Columbine Elementary School FORT MORGAN | 421 | 50.8% | 28.8% |
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 W Thimmig Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #628 of 931 | #30 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #595 of 940 ▲ 65 | #27 of 89 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #600 of 946 ▲ 94 | #26 of 89 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #184 of 1,056 | #24 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #744 of 896 | #62 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #327 of 896 | #35 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.9% | #412 of 983 | #66 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #251 of 664 | #25 of 63 |
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
531
-28 (-5%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 531 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 56% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 28.3 | 17.5:1 | 54% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 26.5 | 19.9:1 | 42% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 559 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 38% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 35.4 | 19.1:1 | 43% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 728 | 34 | 21.4:1 | 38% (280) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 26 | 23.8:1 | 33% (203) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John W Thimmig Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (675 to 531); teachers down 15% (35.4 to 30).
About John W Thimmig Elementary School
John W Thimmig Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in HENDERSON, Colorado. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 531 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.
School District 27J operates 33 schools. Combined enrollment is 24,044 students.
John W Thimmig Elementary School's enrollment is 61% Hispanic. Other groups include 29% White, 4% Asian, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 43% Hispanic. By the diversity index, John W Thimmig Elementary School comes in at 54%.
A ratio of 17.7:1 comes from the school's 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 56% in 2024-25.
John W Thimmig Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For John W Thimmig Elementary School, the prediction is 32.8% and the result is 27.4%.
In the county around the school, Adams County, median household income is about $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. John W Thimmig Elementary School is among the 171 public schools in Adams County.
The shortest distance from John W Thimmig Elementary School to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Prairie View High School. The five-mile area around John W Thimmig Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. John W Thimmig Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 559 in 2020-21 and 531 in 2024-25, a decrease of 28 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.7:1) than in 2020-21 (16.0:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District 27J
- Colorado Connections @ 27JCombined · 2,042 students
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in HENDERSON
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Belle Creek Charter SchoolElementary · 519 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie View High School1.0 mi · 1,809
- Prairie View Middle School1.1 mi · 679
- Henderson Elementary School1.3 mi · 357
- Turnberry Elementary1.3 mi · 742
- Belle Creek Charter School1.8 mi · 519
- Riverdale Ridge High School3.0 mi · 1,784
Frequently asked questions
About John W Thimmig Elementary SchoolHow large is John W Thimmig Elementary School?
John W Thimmig Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
Is John W Thimmig Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John W Thimmig Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at John W Thimmig Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at John W Thimmig Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John W Thimmig Elementary School?
At John W Thimmig Elementary School, the student body is approximately 29% White, 61% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is John W Thimmig Elementary School public or private?
John W Thimmig Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by School District 27J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.