Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000790
Swanson Elementary School
6055 WEST 68TH AVENUE, ARVADA, CO 80003 · (303) 982-0891 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
205 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
58%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
14.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -13.5pp since 2023
Math
6.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 6.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 9.2% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Swanson Elementary School
Swanson Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanson Elementary School this school | 283 | 72.4% | 16.5% |
| Westgate Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 305 | 68.9% | 18.6% |
| Putnam Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 258 | 77.1% | 36.9% |
| Monfort Elementary School GREELEY | 373 | 68.9% | 19.2% |
| Grant Ranch ECE-8 School DENVER | 334 | 67.4% | 23.1% |
| Fremont Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 308 | 76.3% | 28.8% |
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 Swanson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #834 of 931 | #77 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #915 of 940 ▼ 27 | #83 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #901 of 946 ▼ 203 | #83 of 85 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #758 of 1,056 | #77 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #261 of 896 | #14 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #236 of 896 | #13 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.4% | #243 of 983 | #9 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #347 of 664 | #33 of 62 |
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
283
+52 (+23%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 283 | 19.8 | 14.3:1 | 72% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 73% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 212 | 18.1 | 11.7:1 | 72% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 19 | 12.2:1 | 72% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 22.8 | 14.9:1 | 64% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 68% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 76% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 36 | 20.3:1 | 26% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 30 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swanson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (339 to 283); teachers down 13% (22.8 to 19.8).
About Swanson Elementary School
Swanson Elementary School is a small elementary school located in ARVADA, Colorado. It reports enrollment of 283 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 25% below the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Swanson Elementary School is part of a district of 148 schools: Jefferson County School District No. R-1, with 74,935 students.
At Swanson Elementary School, 53% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 37% White, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 16% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Swanson Elementary School scores 58%.
Swanson Elementary School lists 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 2.3 students per teacher. About 72% of students at Swanson Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 40 points.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Swanson Elementary School outscored 5%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Swanson Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 16.5%; the prediction is 22.8%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, median household income comes to about $110,656, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Jefferson County counts 168 public schools with about 74,739 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Two Roads Charter School, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Swanson Elementary School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 283, from 231 in 2020-21. The ratio was 12.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 ARVADA
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Pomona Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Three Creeks K-8Elementary · 1,050 students
- Drake Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- Lincoln Charter AcademyElementary · 824 students
Other Swanson Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Swanson Elementary. Swanson Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Swanson ElementaryBrookfield, WI · 778 students
- Swanson ElementaryPalmer, AK · 348 students
Nearby schools
- Two Roads Charter School0.4 mi · 345
- Secrest Elementary School0.7 mi · 334
- North Arvada Middle School0.7 mi · 464
- Westminster High School1.1 mi · 2,010
- Arvada High School1.2 mi · 754
- Hackberry Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 430
Frequently asked questions
About Swanson Elementary SchoolHow large is Swanson Elementary School?
Swanson Elementary School enrolls approximately 283 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Swanson Elementary School serve?
Swanson Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Swanson Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Swanson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Swanson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Swanson Elementary School are roughly 37% White, 53% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Swanson Elementary School public or private?
Swanson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
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