Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000784
South Lakewood Elementary School
8425 WEST 1ST AVENUE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80226 · (303) 982-7325 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
214 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
61%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
52.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
36.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.4% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 22.4% |
% 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
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 South Lakewood Elementary School
South Lakewood Elementary School's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Lakewood Elementary School this school | 393 | 54.5% | 38.0% |
| Alpine Elementary School LONGMONT | 388 | 55.9% | 38.3% |
| Rudy Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 385 | 53.8% | 48.6% |
| Desert Sage Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 368 | 60.1% | 28.8% |
| Widefield Elementary School of the Arts COLORADO SPRINGS | 369 | 53.9% | 47.5% |
| South Ridge Elementary An IB World School CASTLE ROCK | 371 | 53.1% | 33.8% |
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 South Lakewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #462 of 931 | #58 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #445 of 940 ▲ 204 | #53 of 85 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #329 of 946 ▲ 119 | #45 of 85 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #446 of 1,056 | #39 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #336 of 896 | #23 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.9% | #189 of 896 | #8 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #428 of 983 | #17 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #258 of 664 | #22 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
393
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 393 | 26.7 | 14.7:1 | 54% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 26.3 | 14.4:1 | 64% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 22.8 | 14.5:1 | 56% (186) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | 50% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 27.7 | 18.0:1 | 55% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 50% (257) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 46% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 19% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 23 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South Lakewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (498 to 393); teachers down 4% (27.7 to 26.7).
About South Lakewood Elementary School
South Lakewood Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 393 students enrolled.
Across its 148 schools, Jefferson County School District No. R-1 enrolls 74,935 students. South Lakewood Elementary School is one of those schools.
The biggest share of students at South Lakewood Elementary School, 44%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 44% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. That compares with about 16% Hispanic among all Jefferson County residents. The diversity index for South Lakewood Elementary School is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 14.7:1 is based on 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 32% for public schools in Jefferson County.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, South Lakewood Elementary School outscored 58%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at South Lakewood Elementary School are 4.3 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (38.0% actual, 33.7% predicted).
The school's county is Jefferson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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. Jefferson County's 168 public schools enroll about 74,739 students and include South Lakewood Elementary School.
About 0.7 miles separate South Lakewood Elementary School from the closest public school, Dennison Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 41.0% on proficiency, and South Lakewood Elementary School is below that at 38.0%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% rise, from 379 to 393.
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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
- Dennison Elementary School0.7 mi · 575
- Creighton Middle School0.8 mi · 741
- Miller Special Education0.8 mi · 97
- Rose Stein International Elementary0.9 mi · 336
- Lakewood High School1.0 mi · 1,735
- Jeffco Transition Services School1.0 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About South Lakewood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend South Lakewood Elementary School?
South Lakewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does South Lakewood Elementary School serve?
South Lakewood Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does South Lakewood Elementary School have?
South Lakewood Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at South Lakewood Elementary School?
Student demographics at South Lakewood Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 44% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is South Lakewood Elementary School in?
South Lakewood Elementary School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
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