Stober Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary campus in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Stober Elementary School caters to 348 students from grades K through 5, operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Stober Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stober Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest reads as 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

Looking at school resources, Stober Elementary School shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Stober Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stober Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Stober Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Maple Grove Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stober Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stober Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stober Elementary School has expanded 26%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 18% to 23% over that span.

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