Patterson International School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Patterson International School educates 346 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1.

Patterson International School is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that educates 74,935 students overall.

Demographically, Patterson International School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 37% White, 8% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Patterson International School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 42.4%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Patterson International School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Kendrick Lakes Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Patterson International School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 28.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Patterson International School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 458 (now 346). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 48% to 37%. Class-load math has fell: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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