Kyffin Elementary School

Kyffin Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary campus in GOLDEN, Colorado, operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, educates 503 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% larger than the state mean of about 379.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Kyffin Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Kyffin Elementary School logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kyffin Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Kyffin Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.3%; Kyffin Elementary School posts 77.1%, +16.7 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kyffin Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

McLain Community High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Kyffin Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kyffin Elementary School has shrank 8%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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