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Which teacher or staff member at Lasley Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000748
Lasley Elementary School
1401 SOUTH KENDALL STREET, LAKEWOOD, CO 80226 · (303) 982-9720 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
437 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
40%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
18.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
Math
7.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 7.9% |
| 2023-24 | 16.6% | 8.6% |
% 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
12.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 Lasley Elementary School
Lasley Elementary School's state test result (12.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lasley Elementary School this school | 576 | 75.9% | 12.5% |
| Scott Elementary School GREELEY | 566 | 79.2% | 16.4% |
| Leroy Elementary NORTHGLENN | 435 | 78.9% | 16.8% |
| Dos Rios Elementary School EVANS | 499 | 73.5% | 15.4% |
| Gust Elementary School DENVER | 602 | 82.2% | 37.5% |
| Meadow Community School THORNTON | 378 | 74.9% | 16.5% |
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 Lasley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #897 of 931 | #80 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #910 of 940 ▼ 12 | #82 of 85 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #849 of 946 ▲ 9 | #80 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #137 of 1,056 | #8 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #410 of 896 | #31 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #676 of 896 | #55 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #201 of 983 | #5 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.4% | #47 of 200 | #7 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
576
+221 (+62%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 732
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 576 | 37.9 | 15.2:1 | 76% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 39.5 | 13.4:1 | 79% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 20.2 | 14.2:1 | 81% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 80% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 79% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 79% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 78% (445) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 40 | 19.1:1 | 35% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 732 | 33 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lasley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (463 to 576); teachers up 58% (24 to 37.9).
About Lasley Elementary School
Lasley Elementary School serves students in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, as a large elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 576 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.
The district, Jefferson County School District No. R-1, has 74,935 students enrolled across 148 schools.
Lasley Elementary School's enrollment is 76% Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County residents are about 16% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Lasley Elementary School comes in at 40%.
A ratio of 15.2:1 comes from the school's 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 76% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Jefferson County, the average is 32%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Lasley Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Lasley Elementary School, the prediction is 20.7% and the result is 12.5%.
In the county around the school, Jefferson County, median household income is about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lasley Elementary School is among the 168 public schools in Jefferson County.
The closest other public school is Denison Montessori School, about 1.0 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Lasley Elementary School is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
Lasley Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 355 to 576. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio was 13.2:1 in 2020-21 and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Denison Montessori School1.0 mi · 364
- Brady Exploration School1.0 mi · 294
- Alameda International Junior/Senior High School1.0 mi · 1,002
- Summit Academy1.0 mi · 236
- Force Elementary School1.0 mi · 303
- Deane Elementary School1.1 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About Lasley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lasley Elementary School?
Lasley Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Lasley Elementary School serve?
Lasley Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Lasley Elementary School have?
Lasley Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Lasley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lasley Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 76% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lasley Elementary School?
Lasley Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.