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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001923
Meiklejohn Elementary
13405 W 83RD PL, ARVADA, CO 80005 · (303) 982-5695 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
17.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
37 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
35%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
73.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
70.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.3% | 70.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 71.4% |
% 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
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Meiklejohn Elementary
Meiklejohn Elementary's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meiklejohn Elementary this school | 521 | 7.1% | 70.5% |
| Rooney Ranch Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 492 | 7.3% | 66.8% |
| Bethke Elementary School TIMNATH | 512 | 8.0% | 69.6% |
| Kyffin Elementary School GOLDEN | 503 | 10.5% | 77.1% |
| West Woods Elementary School ARVADA | 542 | 3.9% | 72.0% |
| Cherry Hills Village Elementary School CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE | 491 | 9.8% | 72.1% |
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 Meiklejohn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #51 of 931 | #8 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.4% | #49 of 940 ▼ 14 | #8 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #59 of 946 ▼ 9 | #8 of 85 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #206 of 1,056 | #15 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #682 of 896 | #61 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #754 of 896 | #65 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.1% | #971 of 983 | #80 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #297 of 664 | #23 of 62 |
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
521
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 521 | 30.3 | 17.2:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 28.2 | 18.4:1 | 7% (34) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 25 | 18.3:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 31.9 | 20.2:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 777 | 37 | 21.0:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | 23 | 25.3:1 | 3% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meiklejohn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (644 to 521); teachers down 5% (31.9 to 30.3).
About Meiklejohn Elementary
Meiklejohn Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in ARVADA, Colorado, one of the schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1. It serves 521 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Colorado is roughly 379 students; this school is 37% larger than that.
Federal data list 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1, with 74,935 students enrolled.
Roughly 80% of students at Meiklejohn Elementary are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 80% White share among all Jefferson County residents. Meiklejohn Elementary's diversity index is 35%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Meiklejohn Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.2:1. That matches the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado fairly closely. The lunch program counts 7% of students at Meiklejohn Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 32% for public schools in Jefferson County.
The allk12 Grade for Meiklejohn Elementary is A. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Meiklejohn Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Colorado schools: 70.5% actual against 62.4% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Jefferson County, the median household income is $110,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Jefferson County is home to 168 public schools and about 74,739 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Ralston Valley Senior High School, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 70.5% is above the 55.0% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Meiklejohn Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Meiklejohn Elementary climbed 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 492 to 521 students.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Meiklejohn Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in ARVADA
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Pomona Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Three Creeks K-8Elementary · 1,050 students
- Drake Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- Lincoln Charter AcademyElementary · 824 students
Nearby schools
- Ralston Valley Senior High School0.3 mi · 1,875
- Van Arsdale Elementary School1.0 mi · 492
- Excel Academy Charter School1.2 mi · 445
- Sierra Elementary School1.7 mi · 493
- Oberon Middle School1.9 mi · 704
- Stott Elementary School2.2 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Meiklejohn ElementaryHow large is Meiklejohn Elementary?
Meiklejohn Elementary enrolls approximately 521 students in grades PK-05.
Is Meiklejohn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Meiklejohn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Meiklejohn Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Meiklejohn Elementary is approximately 17.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Meiklejohn Elementary?
At Meiklejohn Elementary, the student body is approximately 80% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Meiklejohn Elementary public or private?
Meiklejohn Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.