Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000773
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington
4645 INDEPENDENCE STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033 · (303) 982-2083 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
17.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
128 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 51% larger than its 5th grade class (35).
Student demographics
54%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
45.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 45.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.9% | 48.3% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Peak Expeditionary - Pennington
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peak Expeditionary - Pennington this school | 316 | 40.5% | 51.3% |
| Weber Elementary School ARVADA | 312 | 41.3% | 38.0% |
| Wiggins Primary School WIGGINS | 322 | 45.3% | N/A |
| Tozer Elementary School WINDSOR | 308 | 37.7% | N/A |
| Oak Grove Elementary School MONTROSE | 374 | 41.2% | 37.3% |
| Skyway Park Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 301 | 39.5% | 50.7% |
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 Peak Expeditionary - Pennington ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #272 of 931 | #38 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #331 of 940 ▼ 64 | #43 of 85 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #395 of 946 ▼ 47 | #49 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #663 of 1,056 | #62 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #737 of 896 | #71 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #326 of 896 | #18 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #577 of 983 | #26 of 85 |
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
316
+128 (+68%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 238
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 316 | 17.9 | 17.6:1 | 41% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 41% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 266 | 13.4 | 19.8:1 | 44% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 188 | 13 | 14.5:1 | 58% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 169 | 10.5 | 16.1:1 | 80% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 199 | 16 | 12.4:1 | 81% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 17 | 15.7:1 | 77% (206) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 19 | 19.0:1 | 25% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 238 | 14 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peak Expeditionary - Pennington.
Since 2017-18: students up 87% (169 to 316); teachers up 71% (10.5 to 17.9).
About Peak Expeditionary - Pennington
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado. There are 316 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
The 148 schools of Jefferson County School District No. R-1, including Peak Expeditionary - Pennington, enroll 74,935 students.
The share of White students at Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is 58%, a majority. After that, the student body is 34% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 80% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 17.6:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 41% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 32%.
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 76% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is 9.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Colorado schools.
The school is in Jefferson County, where median household income comes to about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County counts 168 public schools with about 74,739 students.
The closest school to Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School, located about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is ahead of the 38.2% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 188 for 2020-21 and 316 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. The ratio was 14.5:1 in 2020-21 and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 WHEAT RIDGE
- Wheat Ridge High SchoolHigh · 932 students
- Prospect Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Everitt Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Norma Anderson Early Learning CenterElementary · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School0.4 mi · 288
- Mountain Phoenix Community School0.5 mi · 533
- Norma Anderson Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 112
- Everitt Middle School0.7 mi · 456
- Wheat Ridge High School1.2 mi · 932
- Prospect Academy1.2 mi · 94
Frequently asked questions
About Peak Expeditionary - PenningtonWhat is the total enrollment at Peak Expeditionary - Pennington?
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Peak Expeditionary - Pennington serve?
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Peak Expeditionary - Pennington?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Peak Expeditionary - Pennington.
What is the student diversity at Peak Expeditionary - Pennington?
Student demographics at Peak Expeditionary - Pennington are roughly 58% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Peak Expeditionary - Pennington in?
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
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