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What's one thing Malley Drive Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001181
Malley Drive Elementary School
1300 EAST MALLEY DRIVE, NORTHGLENN, CO 80233 · (720) 972-5480 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
337 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 62 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
15.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
8.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 16 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 down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 8.4% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 13.9% |
% 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
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Malley Drive Elementary School
Malley Drive Elementary School's state test result (17.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malley Drive Elementary School this school | 435 | 77.5% | 17.8% |
| John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy WESTMINSTER | 354 | 76.0% | 24.8% |
| Scott Elementary School GREELEY | 566 | 79.2% | 16.4% |
| Shawsheen Elementary School GREELEY | 405 | 76.0% | 14.3% |
| Alicia Sanchez International School LAFAYETTE | 321 | 78.5% | 25.6% |
| Thornton Elementary School THORNTON | 387 | 88.1% | 11.9% |
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 Malley Drive Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #805 of 931 | #60 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.4% | #904 of 940 ▼ 86 | #78 of 89 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #882 of 946 ▼ 74 | #76 of 89 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #356 of 1,056 | #44 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #781 of 896 | #70 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #235 of 896 | #25 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #180 of 983 | #41 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #293 of 664 | #29 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
435
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 435 | 24 | 18.1:1 | 77% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 83% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 75% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 70% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 28.8 | 18.7:1 | 69% (373) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 77% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 67% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 362 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 34% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 17 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Malley Drive Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (539 to 435); teachers down 17% (28.8 to 24).
About Malley Drive Elementary School
This page covers Malley Drive Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in NORTHGLENN, Colorado. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 435 students.
Enrollment across the 54 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools totals 34,466 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Malley Drive Elementary School, at 58%. Smaller groups are 25% White, 11% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Adams County is roughly 43% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers at Malley Drive Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.1:1. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. On average, public schools in Adams County report 62%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Malley Drive Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Malley Drive Elementary School is 2.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Colorado schools.
Adams County has about 530,225 residents, and the median household income is $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Malley Drive Elementary School, Adams County has 170 other public schools.
Hulstrom K-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Malley Drive Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Malley Drive Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 17.8% against a local average of 38.2%.
In the federal locale system, Malley Drive Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (436) to 2024-25 (435). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.1:1 in 2020-21 to 18.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in NORTHGLENN
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Silver Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- Global Village Academy - NorthElementary · 838 students
- STEM LabElementary · 740 students
- Northglenn Middle SchoolMiddle · 672 students
- Hulstrom K-8Elementary · 663 students
Nearby schools
- Hulstrom K-80.4 mi · 663
- STEM Lab0.4 mi · 740
- Northglenn Middle School0.5 mi · 672
- Stukey Elementary School0.6 mi · 348
- Leroy Elementary1.0 mi · 435
- The Studio School1.1 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Malley Drive Elementary SchoolHow large is Malley Drive Elementary School?
Malley Drive Elementary School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Malley Drive Elementary School serve?
Malley Drive Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Malley Drive Elementary School?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Malley Drive Elementary School.
How diverse is Malley Drive Elementary School?
Malley Drive Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 58% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Malley Drive Elementary School in?
Malley Drive Elementary School is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
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