Southlawn Elementary School

Southlawn Elementary School is an elementary school of big scale in COMMERCE CITY, Colorado, overseen by School District 27J, serveing 673 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 78% bigger than typical.

Within School District 27J, which oversees 33 schools and 24,044 students, Southlawn Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Southlawn Elementary School reports that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Southlawn Elementary School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Adams County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, Southlawn Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate median household income runs about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Southlawn Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The STEAD School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southlawn Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.7%.

Southlawn Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

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