Red Rocks Elementary School

As a modestly sized elementary campus in MORRISON, Colorado, Red Rocks Elementary School serves 292 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Jefferson County School District No. R-1. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Red Rocks Elementary School sits 23% below that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, Red Rocks Elementary School records that nearly all students (83%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 9% of students at Red Rocks Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Jefferson County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Red Rocks Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 66.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Red Rocks Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rooney Ranch Elementary School, around 2.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Red Rocks Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Red Rocks Elementary School has shrank 8%, going from 316 students in 2018 to 292 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.