Secrest Elementary School

Secrest Elementary School is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in ARVADA, Colorado, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1, hosting 334 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which oversees 148 schools and 74,935 students, Secrest Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Secrest Elementary School shows that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 42% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Secrest Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Secrest Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

Arvada High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Secrest Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Secrest Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 44%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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