Peak Expeditionary - Pennington

Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is a modestly sized K-5 school in WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school teaches 316 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that teaches 74,935 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Peak Expeditionary - Pennington logs that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment; the rest consists of 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Peak Expeditionary - Pennington has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Peak Expeditionary - Pennington higher than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Peak Expeditionary - Pennington sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 51.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Peak Expeditionary - Pennington is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

The closest other public school is Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Peak Expeditionary - Pennington. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peak Expeditionary - Pennington at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Peak Expeditionary - Pennington has increased 87%, going from 169 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 42% to 58%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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