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Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480006511
Stevens Elementary School
4001 REED STREET, WHEAT RIDGE, CO 80033 · (303) 982-2198 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
309 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
56%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
26.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
17.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.3% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.6% | 10.8% |
% 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
19.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Stevens Elementary School
Stevens Elementary School's state test result (19.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevens Elementary School this school | 469 | 65.9% | 19.9% |
| Thomson Primary School BRUSH | 452 | 66.8% | N/A |
| Liberty Point Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 451 | 65.2% | 28.6% |
| Johnson Elementary School MONTROSE | 531 | 67.0% | 22.8% |
| Bea Underwood Elementary School PARACHUTE | 390 | 69.0% | 11.2% |
| Clayton Elementary School ENGLEWOOD | 402 | 64.2% | 26.1% |
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 Stevens Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #768 of 931 | #75 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #760 of 940 ▲ 99 | #75 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #716 of 946 ▲ 33 | #76 of 85 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #292 of 1,056 | #25 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #115 of 896 | #4 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #283 of 896 | #15 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #304 of 983 | #13 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.3% | #70 of 200 | #9 of 21 |
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
469
+155 (+49%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 469 | 36.1 | 13.0:1 | 66% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 35.7 | 12.9:1 | 66% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 66% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 314 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 69% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 22.7 | 17.6:1 | 77% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 70% (334) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stevens Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (400 to 469); teachers up 59% (22.7 to 36.1).
About Stevens Elementary School
Stevens Elementary School is an elementary school located in WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado, in Jefferson County. It reported 469 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Colorado have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 24% higher.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 counts 74,935 students in its 148 schools, and Stevens Elementary School is one of them.
The biggest share of students at Stevens Elementary School, 48%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 46% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 16% Hispanic. The diversity index for Stevens Elementary School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.0:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Jefferson County averages 32%, lower than here.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 26.8%. Stevens Elementary School scores 19.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $110,656 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Jefferson County, 168 public schools serve about 74,739 students.
About 0.1 miles separate Stevens Elementary School from the closest public school, Sobesky Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Stevens Elementary School at 6th of 8.
NCES describes the area around Stevens Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 314 for 2020-21 and 469 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger. By 2024-25, the school had 13.0 students per teacher, compared with 14.3 in 2020-21.
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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 WHEAT RIDGE
- Wheat Ridge High SchoolHigh · 932 students
- Prospect Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Everitt Middle SchoolMiddle · 456 students
- Peak Expeditionary - PenningtonElementary · 316 students
- Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Norma Anderson Early Learning CenterElementary · 112 students
Other Stevens Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Stevens Elementary. Stevens Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Stevens Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 556 students
- Stevens ElementarySpokane, WA · 438 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolAberdeen, WA · 332 students
- Stevens Elementary SchoolChambersburg, PA · 305 students
- Stevens ElementaryDAWSON, MN · 297 students
Nearby schools
- Sobesky Academy0.1 mi · 101
- Jefferson Junior/Senior High School1.4 mi · 601
- Lumberg Elementary School1.5 mi · 526
- Foster Dual Language PK-81.5 mi · 454
- Wheat Ridge High School1.6 mi · 932
- Everitt Middle School1.6 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About Stevens Elementary SchoolHow large is Stevens Elementary School?
Stevens Elementary School enrolls approximately 469 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Stevens Elementary School serve?
Stevens Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Stevens Elementary School?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Stevens Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Stevens Elementary School?
Student demographics at Stevens Elementary School are roughly 46% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Stevens Elementary School public or private?
Stevens Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.