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Enrollment
478
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000757
Mitchell Elementary School
200 RUBEY DRIVE, GOLDEN, CO 80403 · (303) 982-5874 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL478 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
53 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
Student demographics
28%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
79.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.2% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 72.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Colorado's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Mitchell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #26 of 931 | #5 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #63 of 940 | #11 of 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #24 of 946 | #4 of 85 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 478 | #276 of 1,056 | #24 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #860 of 896 | #85 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.1% | #820 of 896 | #78 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #939 of 983 | #75 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #337 of 664 | #27 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
478
-70 (-13%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 478 | 24.1 | 19.8:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 25.3 | 19.7:1 | 11% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 29.1 | 17.8:1 | 7% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 7% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 26.8 | 21.5:1 | 11% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 28 | 19.2:1 | 12% (65) |
| 2010-11 | 583 | 30 | 19.4:1 | 13% (77) |
| 2000-01 | 591 | 29 | 20.4:1 | 10% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 20 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mitchell Elementary School.
About Mitchell Elementary School
Mitchell Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in GOLDEN, Colorado. The school's 478 students are in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students each.
Mitchell Elementary School is one of the 148 schools that make up Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students in total).
Mitchell Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 84% White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Mitchell Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 28%.
Mitchell Elementary School counts 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 19.8 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 32%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Mitchell Elementary School is +15.4 points, in the top 10% of Colorado. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.4%, and the predicted rate is 60.0%.
Across Jefferson County, median household income is about $110,656, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Mitchell Elementary School is among the 168 public schools in Jefferson County.
The closest public school to Mitchell Elementary School is Golden High School, about 1.7 miles away. Within five miles of Mitchell Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 75.4% is above the 49.3% average for nearby schools.
Mitchell Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The number of students declined from 548 to 478 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 18.3:1 to 19.8:1.
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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 GOLDEN
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Bell Middle SchoolMiddle · 774 students
- Golden View Classical AcademyCombined · 737 students
- Fairmount Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Kyffin Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Jeffco Virtual AcademyHigh · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Golden High School1.7 mi · 1,469
- Compass Montessori - Golden Charter School2.4 mi · 425
- Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus2.5 mi · 22
- Bell Middle School2.8 mi · 774
- Shelton Elementary School2.9 mi · 394
- Fairmount Elementary School3.4 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Mitchell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mitchell Elementary School?
Mitchell Elementary School enrolls approximately 478 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mitchell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mitchell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mitchell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mitchell Elementary School is approximately 19.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mitchell Elementary School?
At Mitchell Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mitchell Elementary School?
Mitchell Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.