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Enrollment
598
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345006337
Mammoth Heights Elementary
9500 STONEGATE PARKWAY, PARKER, CO 80134 · (303) 387-8925 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL598 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% 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.
- BBeats 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
15.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
166 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 82 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 22% smaller than its 6th grade class (82).
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
56.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 | 56.1% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 52.4% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Mammoth Heights Elementary
Mammoth Heights Elementary's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth Heights Elementary this school | 598 | 27.8% | 53.6% |
| Black Rock Elementary ERIE | 597 | 19.3% | 61.4% |
| Monarch K-8 School LOUISVILLE | 698 | 23.9% | 52.6% |
| Rolling Hills Elementary School AURORA | 499 | 24.6% | 60.7% |
| Mountain View Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 567 | 25.7% | 54.5% |
| Ryan Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 511 | 29.9% | 50.9% |
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 Mammoth Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #239 of 931 | #41 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #244 of 940 ▼ 41 | #40 of 58 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #275 of 946 ▲ 26 | #46 of 58 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #110 of 1,056 | #13 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #474 of 896 | #25 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #331 of 896 | #19 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.8% | #730 of 983 | #8 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #452 of 664 | #30 of 45 |
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
598
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 598 | 38.3 | 15.6:1 | 28% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 41.5 | 14.6:1 | 25% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 42.5 | 15.3:1 | 18% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 640 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 16% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 35.8 | 18.8:1 | 15% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 779 | 38 | 20.5:1 | 13% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 802 | 38 | 21.1:1 | 11% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mammoth Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (673 to 598); teachers up 7% (35.8 to 38.3).
About Mammoth Heights Elementary
Mammoth Heights Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Douglas County School District No. Re 1, located in PARKER, Colorado. The school offers pre-K through 6 and enrolls 598 students. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Mammoth Heights Elementary is part of Douglas County School District No. Re 1, where 89 schools serve 61,550 students.
The student body at Mammoth Heights Elementary is 64% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 80%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
The school has 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Across public schools in Douglas County, the average is 18%.
Mammoth Heights Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The model predicts 49.9% for a school in Colorado with Mammoth Heights Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Mammoth Heights Elementary posts 53.6%.
The school is in Douglas County, where the median household earns about $149,594 a year, about 62% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Mammoth Heights Elementary shares Douglas County with 91 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Chaparral High School, is about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Mammoth Heights Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Mammoth Heights Elementary 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.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Mammoth Heights Elementary had a net loss of 42 students, or 7%.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in PARKER
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Ponderosa High SchoolHigh · 1,406 students
- Leman Classical AcademyElementary · 1,390 students
- Cimarron MiddleMiddle · 1,052 students
- Sagewood Middle SchoolMiddle · 816 students
Nearby schools
- Chaparral High School0.3 mi · 2,007
- Venture Academy of Leadership and Entrepreneurship0.4 mi · 88
- North Star Academy0.6 mi · 684
- Challenge to Excellence Charter School0.7 mi · 551
- Pine Grove Elementary School1.1 mi · 480
- Parker Performing Arts1.2 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Mammoth Heights ElementaryHow large is Mammoth Heights Elementary?
Mammoth Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 598 students in grades PK-06.
Is Mammoth Heights Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mammoth Heights Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Mammoth Heights Elementary?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Mammoth Heights Elementary.
How diverse is Mammoth Heights Elementary?
Mammoth Heights Elementary reports a student body of 64% White, 19% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Mammoth Heights Elementary?
Mammoth Heights Elementary is overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1 in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.