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What's one thing Meeker Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREELEY-EVANS SCHOOL DISTRICT 6·NCES 080441000648
Meeker Elementary School
2221 28TH AVENUE, GREELEY, CO 80634 · (970) 348-2000 · Weld County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
345 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
28.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
18.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 26.3% | 16.9% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Meeker Elementary School
Meeker Elementary School's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeker Elementary School this school | 475 | 72.6% | 20.7% |
| Sunset Park Elementary School PUEBLO | 425 | 75.8% | 29.5% |
| Alamosa Elementary School K-2 ALAMOSA | 437 | 75.7% | N/A |
| Fisher's Peak Elementary School TRINIDAD | 393 | 75.3% | 29.1% |
| Heiman Elementary School EVANS | 602 | 71.9% | 19.3% |
| Columbine Elementary School BOULDER | 369 | 73.2% | 29.3% |
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 Meeker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #755 of 931 | #41 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #734 of 940 ▲ 27 | #42 of 55 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #680 of 946 ▲ 30 | #36 of 55 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #281 of 1,056 | #31 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #685 of 896 | #35 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #464 of 896 | #27 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #240 of 983 | #12 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #494 of 664 | #22 of 30 |
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
475
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 475 | 27.6 | 17.2:1 | 73% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 73% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 27.1 | 13.9:1 | 76% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 483 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 72% (348) |
| 2017-18 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 75% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 75% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 28 | 22.4:1 | 61% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 29 | 17.7:1 | 24% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meeker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (522 to 475); teachers down 8% (30 to 27.6).
About Meeker Elementary School
Meeker Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in GREELEY, Colorado. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 475 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
The district, Greeley-Evans School District 6, operates 34 schools serving 22,917 students.
More than half of enrollment at Meeker Elementary School is Hispanic: 65%. The next largest groups are 29% White and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 34 points above the 31% share among Weld County residents. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at Meeker Elementary School are from different groups.
Meeker Elementary School has 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 73%. The rate at public schools in Weld County averages 47%, lower than here.
A school with Meeker Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 22.7%. Meeker Elementary School scores 20.7%, 1.9 points below that line.
The county, Weld County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $97,097 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Weld County has 116 public schools with about 61,274 students, including Meeker Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Meeker Elementary School is closest to Greeley West High School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Meeker Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Meeker Elementary School as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (483) and 2024-25 (475).
The allk12 page for Meeker Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greeley-Evans School District 6
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Frontier Charter AcademyCombined · 1,432 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
Other schools in GREELEY
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Frontier Charter AcademyCombined · 1,432 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
Other Meeker Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Meeker Elementary. Meeker Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Meeker Elementary SchoolMEEKER, CO · 285 students
- Meeker ElementaryPuyallup, WA · 366 students
- Meeker Elementary SchoolAmes, IA · 361 students
- Meeker Elementary SchoolMeeker, OK · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Greeley West High School0.4 mi · 1,936
- Brentwood Middle School0.6 mi · 564
- Frontier Charter Academy0.8 mi · 1,432
- Jackson Elementary School1.0 mi · 508
- Scott Elementary School1.1 mi · 566
- Heath Middle School1.2 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About Meeker Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Meeker Elementary School?
Meeker Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Meeker Elementary School serve?
Meeker Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meeker Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meeker Elementary School is approximately 17.2:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Meeker Elementary School?
Student demographics at Meeker Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 65% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Meeker Elementary School in?
Meeker Elementary School is part of Greeley-Evans School District 6.
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