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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000776
Prospect Valley Elementary School
3400 PIERSON STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033 · (303) 982-7535 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
171 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
43%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
59.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.9% | 48.6% |
% 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
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Prospect Valley Elementary School
Prospect Valley Elementary School's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Valley Elementary School this school | 583 | 29.3% | 54.6% |
| Gudy Gaskill Elementary CENTENNIAL | 508 | 28.0% | 61.1% |
| Mountain Phoenix Community School WHEATRIDGE | 533 | 27.8% | 42.0% |
| Hollister Lake Elementary WINDSOR | 529 | 27.2% | N/A |
| Range View Elementary SEVERANCE | 584 | 32.7% | 45.5% |
| Powderhorn Elementary School LITTLETON | 522 | 25.7% | 39.2% |
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 Prospect Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #224 of 931 | #30 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #303 of 940 ▼ 38 | #38 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #223 of 946 ▼ 53 | #32 of 85 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #130 of 1,056 | #7 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #758 of 896 | #77 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.8% | #611 of 896 | #47 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #717 of 983 | #42 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.3% | #67 of 200 | #8 of 21 |
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
583
+167 (+40%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 583 | 32.7 | 17.9:1 | 29% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 33.6 | 17.7:1 | 30% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 21.7 | 19.6:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 22 | 18.9:1 | 18% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 24.1 | 20.5:1 | 24% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 24 | 20.5:1 | 23% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 503 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 26% (132) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 23 | 19.7:1 | 12% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prospect Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (493 to 583); teachers up 36% (24.1 to 32.7).
About Prospect Valley Elementary School
Prospect Valley Elementary School is one of the public schools in WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado. It is a large elementary school. Enrollment totals 583 students across kindergarten through 5. The school is 54% larger than the average for elementary schools in Colorado.
The Jefferson County School District No. R-1 system has 148 schools and 74,935 students.
About 73% of the student body at Prospect Valley Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 19% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Prospect Valley Elementary School are from different groups.
Prospect Valley Elementary School reports a ratio of 17.9 students per teacher, from 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Prospect Valley Elementary School, 29% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is similar, at 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Prospect Valley Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 74% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The model predicts 48.9% for a school in Colorado with Prospect Valley Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Prospect Valley Elementary School posts 54.6%.
The school's county is Jefferson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $110,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson County has 168 public schools with about 74,739 students, including Prospect Valley Elementary School.
The closest school to Prospect Valley Elementary School is Everitt Middle School, located about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Prospect Valley Elementary School's average proficiency of 54.6% compares with 46.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for Prospect Valley Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers 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 rose 40% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.9:1.
On allk12, people connected to Prospect Valley Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Stevens Elementary SchoolElementary · 469 students
- Everitt Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Peak Expeditionary - PenningtonElementary · 316 students
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Norma Anderson Early Learning CenterElementary · 112 students
Nearby schools
- Everitt Middle School0.9 mi · 456
- Wheat Ridge High School1.0 mi · 932
- Stober Elementary School1.0 mi · 348
- Norma Anderson Early Learning Center1.0 mi · 112
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School1.1 mi · 288
- Manning Options School1.4 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About Prospect Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Prospect Valley Elementary School?
Prospect Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades KG-05.
Is Prospect Valley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prospect Valley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prospect Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prospect Valley Elementary School is approximately 17.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Prospect Valley Elementary School?
Prospect Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Prospect Valley Elementary School public or private?
Prospect Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.