Ryan Elementary School

As a mid-sized K-5 school in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, Ryan Elementary School works with 511 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Ryan Elementary School sits 35% larger than that benchmark.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Ryan Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ryan Elementary School records that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 26% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, Ryan Elementary School logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Ryan Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Around the school, 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 roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ryan Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson Academy Secondary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ryan Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ryan Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ryan Elementary School has ticked up 12%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 70% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Ryan Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.