Malley Drive Elementary School

Malley Drive Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in NORTHGLENN, Colorado, operated by Adams 12 Five Star Schools. The school educates 435 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 34,466 students; Malley Drive Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Malley Drive Elementary School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest consists of 25% White, 11% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Malley Drive Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Malley Drive Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.7%; this one delivers 17.8%.

In the surrounding community, Adams County reports that median household income runs about $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Malley Drive Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hulstrom K-8, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Malley Drive Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Malley Drive Elementary School has contracted 19%, going from 539 students in 2018 to 435 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 2% to 11% across the same window.

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