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How has Ryan Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001028
Ryan Elementary School
5851 WEST 115TH AVENUE, WESTMINSTER, CO 80020 · (303) 982-3105 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
153 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
56%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
56.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
44.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.9% | 44.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 44.6% |
% 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% 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 Ryan Elementary School
Ryan Elementary School's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Elementary School this school | 511 | 29.9% | 50.9% |
| Grand View Elementary FREDERICK | 446 | 31.8% | 45.0% |
| Cherokee Trail Elementary School PARKER | 553 | 34.2% | 42.9% |
| Meridian Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 525 | 22.9% | 69.6% |
| Mountain View Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 567 | 25.7% | 54.5% |
| Mountain View Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 517 | 38.5% | 46.1% |
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 Ryan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #278 of 931 | #40 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #348 of 940 ▼ 32 | #45 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #262 of 946 ▼ 69 | #38 of 85 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #219 of 1,056 | #17 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #567 of 896 | #52 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #284 of 896 | #16 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #714 of 983 | #41 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #89 of 200 | #14 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
511
+151 (+42%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 511 | 31.6 | 16.2:1 | 30% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 31.2 | 16.4:1 | 32% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 21.5 | 16.3:1 | 25% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 26% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 24.5 | 18.6:1 | 23% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 22% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 580 | 31 | 18.7:1 | 23% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 9% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ryan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (457 to 511); teachers up 29% (24.5 to 31.6).
About Ryan Elementary School
The public elementary school Ryan Elementary School is located in WESTMINSTER, Colorado. The school counted 511 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 35% larger than the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 oversees Ryan Elementary School and 147 other schools, with 74,935 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Ryan Elementary School is White: 60%. Next come 26% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 80% White. The diversity index for Ryan Elementary School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ryan Elementary School is 16.2:1, based on 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Jefferson County is close, at 32%.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Ryan Elementary School's results are 2.3 points above predicted: 50.9% against 48.6%.
Census data for Jefferson County show median household income comes to about $110,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 168 public schools in the county, enrolling about 74,739, Ryan Elementary School among them.
Jefferson Academy is about 0.8 miles from Ryan Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Ryan Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Ryan Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Ryan Elementary School reported 360 students in 2020-21 and 511 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
Ryan Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 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 Ryan Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ryan Elementary. Ryan Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Ryan Elementary SchoolLAFAYETTE, CO · 436 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 834 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolDENTON, TX · 551 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolBRONSON, MI · 217 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 205 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Academy0.8 mi · 331
- Jefferson Academy Secondary0.8 mi · 696
- Cotton Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 455
- Emerald Elementary School1.4 mi · 383
- Academy of Charter Schools1.5 mi · 1,887
- Mountain View Elementary School1.7 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Ryan Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ryan Elementary School?
Ryan Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ryan Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ryan Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ryan Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Ryan Elementary School.
How diverse is Ryan Elementary School?
Ryan Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 26% Hispanic, 0% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Ryan Elementary School in?
Ryan 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.