Southeast Elementary School

Southeast Elementary School is a K-5 school of mid-sized scale in BRIGHTON, Colorado, operated by School District 27J, instructing 527 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Southeast Elementary School is one of 33 schools operated by School District 27J, a district that teaches 24,044 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Southeast Elementary School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 20% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Adams County's rate of about 62%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Southeast Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.0%, the actual is 18.8%, a residual of -3.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household earnings sit near $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Southeast Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Brighton High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southeast Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 15.5%.

Southeast Elementary School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 15%: 459 students in 2018 compared to 527 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 76% across the same window.

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