Shelton Elementary School

Shelton Elementary School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in GOLDEN, Colorado, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, serveing 394 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Shelton Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Shelton Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at Shelton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Shelton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.7%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household income runs about $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. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Shelton Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson Campus, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Shelton Elementary School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

Shelton Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 30%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Shelton Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.