Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001460
Rocky Mountain Elementary School
3350 WEST 99TH AVENUE, WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 · (720) 972-5600 · Adams County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest 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
14.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
289 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
19.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
11.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 14.4% | 15.0% |
% 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
14.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 12% 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 Rocky Mountain Elementary School
Rocky Mountain Elementary School's state test result (14.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain Elementary School this school | 318 | 90.9% | 14.9% |
| Mesa Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 317 | 89.9% | 19.7% |
| Godsman Elementary School DENVER | 332 | 91.9% | 15.1% |
| Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School ARVADA | 364 | 88.5% | 16.1% |
| Fairview PK-8 DENVER | 397 | 88.2% | 10.7% |
| Johnson Elementary School DENVER | 294 | 87.1% | 16.3% |
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 Rocky Mountain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #859 of 931 | #71 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #872 of 940 ▼ 72 | #70 of 89 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #831 of 946 ▲ 47 | #66 of 89 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #657 of 1,056 | #75 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #283 of 896 | #9 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.6% | #774 of 896 | #64 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #27 of 983 | #6 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.1% | #109 of 664 | #10 of 63 |
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
318
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 318 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 91% (289) |
| 2023-24 | 291 | 21.5 | 13.5:1 | 89% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 298 | 21.9 | 13.6:1 | 86% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 26 | 12.3:1 | 87% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 26.8 | 17.0:1 | 85% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 81% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 74% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 32% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 28 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rocky Mountain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (455 to 318); teachers down 18% (26.8 to 22).
About Rocky Mountain Elementary School
Rocky Mountain Elementary School is an elementary school in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, and it is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools. The school's 318 students are in kindergarten through 5.
The district for Rocky Mountain Elementary School is Adams 12 Five Star Schools, with 54 schools and 34,466 students.
The large majority of students at Rocky Mountain Elementary School, 81%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 14% White and 3% Asian. Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, Rocky Mountain Elementary School comes in at 33%.
Its 22 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 91% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 29 points above the 62% average for public schools in Adams County.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Rocky Mountain Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Rocky Mountain Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.9% and a predicted 11.6%.
Census estimates describe Adams County this way: median household income is about $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Adams County number 171 and enroll about 87,938.
The nearest other public school, Sunset Ridge PK-8, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Rocky Mountain Elementary School. By average proficiency, Rocky Mountain Elementary School is 6th among 9 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Rocky Mountain 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 student count changed little between 2020-21 (319) and 2024-25 (318). The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.3:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in WESTMINSTER
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
- Academy of Charter SchoolsCombined · 1,887 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Standley Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 933 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy High SchoolHigh · 823 students
Other Rocky Mountain Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Rocky Mountain Elementary. Rocky Mountain Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolCLIFTON, CO · 395 students
- Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 315 students
- Rocky Mountain ElementaryCowley, WY · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Ridge PK-80.4 mi · 449
- Federal Heights Elementary School0.8 mi · 430
- Mesa Elementary School1.0 mi · 317
- Shaw Heights Middle School1.4 mi · 321
- John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy1.4 mi · 354
- STEM Launch1.5 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rocky Mountain Elementary School?
Rocky Mountain Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Rocky Mountain Elementary School serve?
Rocky Mountain Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Rocky Mountain Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Rocky Mountain Elementary School.
How diverse is Rocky Mountain Elementary School?
Rocky Mountain Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rocky Mountain Elementary School public or private?
Rocky Mountain Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.