Stevens Elementary School

Stevens Elementary School is an elementary school of average-sized scale in WHEAT RIDGE, Colorado, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, instructing 469 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% larger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Stevens Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 46% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stevens Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 19.9%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Stevens Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Sobesky Academy, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stevens Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 22.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 17%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 469 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 38% to 46%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Stevens Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.