Mary E Pennock Elementary School

As a high-enrollment K-5 school in BRIGHTON, Colorado, Mary E Pennock Elementary School hosts 592 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of School District 27J. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 56% larger than typical.

Mary E Pennock Elementary School is one of 33 schools operated by School District 27J, a district that serves 24,044 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mary E Pennock Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 35% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mary E Pennock Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mary E Pennock Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.5%, the actual is 31.0%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Adams County reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Mary E Pennock Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Eagle Ridge Academy, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mary E Pennock Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 640 students in 2018 compared to 592 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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