Prospect Valley Elementary School

Set in WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado, Prospect Valley Elementary School is a large elementary campus, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1. It educates 583 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Prospect Valley Elementary School sits 54% above that benchmark.

Across the 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students total), Prospect Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Prospect Valley Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest consists of 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Prospect Valley Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Prospect Valley Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.9%; this one delivers 54.6%.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Prospect Valley Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Everitt Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Prospect Valley Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prospect Valley Elementary School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Prospect Valley Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 583). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.