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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Lukas Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001486
Lukas Elementary School
9650 WEST 97TH AVENUE, WESTMINSTER, CO 80021 · (303) 982-0368 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
15.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
126 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 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
54%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
46.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 32.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Lukas Elementary School
Lukas Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lukas Elementary School this school | 402 | 31.3% | 40.9% |
| Timnath Elementary School TIMNATH | 455 | 30.8% | 53.6% |
| Hackberry Hill Elementary School ARVADA | 430 | 34.7% | 56.3% |
| Ryan Elementary School LAFAYETTE | 436 | 34.9% | 46.1% |
| Bennett Ranch Elementary School PEYTON | 376 | 31.6% | 37.5% |
| Castle Rock Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 440 | 32.0% | 45.3% |
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 Lukas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #425 of 931 | #52 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #451 of 940 ▲ 45 | #54 of 85 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #414 of 946 ▼ 62 | #51 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #421 of 1,056 | #36 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #390 of 896 | #30 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #335 of 896 | #19 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.3% | #690 of 983 | #37 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #352 of 664 | #35 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
402
+130 (+48%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
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 | 402 | 26.8 | 15.0:1 | 31% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 26.8 | 15.5:1 | 39% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 17.3 | 15.2:1 | 39% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | 17 | 16.0:1 | 29% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 25.4 | 19.0:1 | 31% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 30% (156) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 17% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 31 | 21.2:1 | 10% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 748 | 31 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lukas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (481 to 402); teachers up 5% (25.4 to 26.8).
About Lukas Elementary School
Lukas Elementary School is an elementary school located in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, in Jefferson County. Enrollment stands at 402 students, covering kindergarten through 5.
Besides Lukas Elementary School, Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 147 other schools. The district enrolls 74,935 students.
White students are 61% of those enrolled at Lukas Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Jefferson County's population at about 80%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. The school reported 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Jefferson County is close, at 32%.
Lukas Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 37% of Colorado public elementary schools.
In Colorado, Lukas Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 40.9% actual against a predicted 47.7%.
The county, Jefferson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $110,656 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Lukas Elementary School, Jefferson County has 168 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Wayne Carle Middle School is about 0.6 miles from Lukas Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 39.3%, lower than Lukas Elementary School's 40.9%.
Lukas Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal records list enrollment at Lukas Elementary School as 272 in 2020-21 and 402 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
People who know Lukas Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 WESTMINSTER
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
- Academy of Charter SchoolsCombined · 1,887 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Standley Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 933 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy High SchoolHigh · 823 students
Nearby schools
- Wayne Carle Middle School0.6 mi · 438
- Woodrow Wilson Charter Academy0.7 mi · 518
- Standley Lake High School0.8 mi · 1,123
- Jefferson Academy Elementary0.9 mi · 737
- Summit Academy0.9 mi · 66
- Semper Elementary School1.2 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Lukas Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lukas Elementary School?
Lukas Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Lukas Elementary School serve?
Lukas Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Lukas Elementary School have?
Lukas Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Lukas Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lukas Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Lukas Elementary School in?
Lukas Elementary School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.