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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-5J·NCES 080483001911
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School
2300 CINNAMON TEAL, JOHNSTOWN, CO 80534 · (970) 587-8100 · Weld County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- FBeats 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
15.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
117 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
39.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
40.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 40.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 37.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pioneer Ridge Elementary School
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School's state test result (38.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Ridge Elementary School this school | 528 | 22.2% | 38.2% |
| Flagstone Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 496 | 21.2% | 58.4% |
| Grandview Elementary School WINDSOR | 542 | 20.7% | 54.2% |
| Powderhorn Elementary School LITTLETON | 522 | 25.7% | 39.2% |
| Clear Sky Elementary CASTLE ROCK | 627 | 24.1% | 52.7% |
| Warder Elementary School ARVADA | 432 | 22.5% | 52.6% |
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 Pioneer Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #459 of 931 | #24 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #404 of 940 ▲ 16 | #23 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #517 of 946 ▼ 24 | #25 of 55 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #191 of 1,056 | #23 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #467 of 896 | #17 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #571 of 896 | #39 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #802 of 983 | #49 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #375 of 664 | #17 of 30 |
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
528
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 528 | 33.9 | 15.6:1 | 22% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 25% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 32.5 | 14.4:1 | 16% (77) |
| 2020-21 | 525 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 13% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 641 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 12% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 20% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pioneer Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (625 to 528); teachers up 6% (32 to 33.9).
About Pioneer Ridge Elementary School
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is one of the public schools in JOHNSTOWN, Colorado. It is a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 528 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 39% higher than the average for elementary schools in Colorado, which is about 379.
Weld County School District No. Re-5J runs 7 schools with a combined 4,049 students. Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is one of them.
At 70%, White students outnumber all other groups at Pioneer Ridge Elementary School combined. The school is also 27% Hispanic. That is close to the 73% White share among all Weld County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Pioneer Ridge Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.6:1, with 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is 22%. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Weld County is 25 points.
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 28% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pioneer Ridge Elementary School scores 15.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.2%; the prediction is 53.3%.
Among Weld County residents, median household income is about $97,097, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County, which together enroll about 61,274 students.
Nearby, Roosevelt Middle School is about 2.7 miles away. Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. Local comparison: Pioneer Ridge Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 38.2% versus a 36.8% average.
Federal data place Pioneer Ridge Elementary School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 525 in 2020-21, 528 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld County School District No. Re-5J
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Elwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Milliken Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Knowledge Quest AcademyElementary · 395 students
- CIVICA ColoradoHigh · 157 students
Other schools in JOHNSTOWN
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,184 students
- Riverview PK-8Elementary · 757 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
- Elwell Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Middle School2.7 mi · 695
- Roosevelt High School2.8 mi · 1,184
- Milliken Elementary School3.0 mi · 472
- Elwell Elementary School3.1 mi · 618
- Knowledge Quest Academy4.2 mi · 395
- CIVICA Colorado4.4 mi · 157
Frequently asked questions
About Pioneer Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is Pioneer Ridge Elementary School?
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pioneer Ridge Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pioneer Ridge Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pioneer Ridge Elementary School?
At Pioneer Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Pioneer Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weld County School District No. Re-5J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.