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What's the most underrated thing about Rooney Ranch Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001009
Rooney Ranch Elementary School
2200 SOUTH COORS STREET, LAKEWOOD, CO 80228 · (303) 982-9620 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
36 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 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
31%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
72.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
64.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 57.5% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Rooney Ranch Elementary School
Rooney Ranch Elementary School's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooney Ranch Elementary School this school | 492 | 7.3% | 66.8% |
| Bethke Elementary School TIMNATH | 512 | 8.0% | 69.6% |
| Meiklejohn Elementary ARVADA | 521 | 7.1% | 70.5% |
| Kyffin Elementary School GOLDEN | 503 | 10.5% | 77.1% |
| Cherry Hills Village Elementary School CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE | 491 | 9.8% | 72.1% |
| West Woods Elementary School ARVADA | 542 | 3.9% | 72.0% |
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 Rooney Ranch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #79 of 931 | #13 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #105 of 940 ▲ 45 | #17 of 85 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #68 of 946 ▼ 41 | #9 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #252 of 1,056 | #22 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #646 of 896 | #57 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.1% | #790 of 896 | #71 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.3% | #970 of 983 | #79 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #381 of 664 | #37 of 62 |
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
492
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 492 | 29.3 | 16.8:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 29.5 | 16.6:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 28.1 | 16.8:1 | 8% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 27 | 17.8:1 | 10% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 28.4 | 20.4:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 539 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 13% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 498 | 23 | 21.6:1 | 2% (11) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rooney Ranch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (580 to 492); teachers up 3% (28.4 to 29.3).
About Rooney Ranch Elementary School
Rooney Ranch Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 492 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 30% larger than that.
Rooney Ranch Elementary School is one of the 148 schools that make up Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show Rooney Ranch Elementary School is 82% White. Other groups make up 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 80% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Rooney Ranch Elementary School was 16.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 7%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 32%.
Rooney Ranch Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Rooney Ranch Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 62.3%. Rooney Ranch Elementary School scores 66.8%, 4.5 points above that line.
Jefferson County census figures show that the median household income is $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 168 public schools in Jefferson County, enrolling about 74,739 students in all.
Hutchinson Elementary School is the public school closest to Rooney Ranch Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Rooney Ranch Elementary School places 2nd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Rooney Ranch Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Rooney Ranch Elementary School enrolled 481; in 2024-25, 492.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 LAKEWOOD
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Bear Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,344 students
- Green Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- Alameda International Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Bear Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 863 students
- Dunstan Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Nearby schools
- Hutchinson Elementary School0.4 mi · 328
- Dunstan Middle School0.8 mi · 798
- Devinny Elementary School0.9 mi · 505
- Green Mountain High School1.2 mi · 1,071
- Jeffco Virtual Academy1.7 mi · 441
- JeffCo Remote Learning Program1.7 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Rooney Ranch Elementary SchoolHow large is Rooney Ranch Elementary School?
Rooney Ranch Elementary School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Rooney Ranch Elementary School serve?
Rooney Ranch Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rooney Ranch Elementary School?
Approximately 16.8:1 students per teacher at Rooney Ranch Elementary School.
How diverse is Rooney Ranch Elementary School?
Rooney Ranch Elementary School reports a student body of 82% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Rooney Ranch Elementary School in?
Rooney Ranch Elementary School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.