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What's the one class at Tarver Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
475
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001175
Tarver Elementary School
3500 SUMMIT GROVE PARKWAY, THORNTON, CO 80241 · (720) 972-5640 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL475 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
21.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
178 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 81 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
40.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 44.1% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Tarver Elementary School
Tarver Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarver Elementary School this school | 475 | 37.5% | 40.9% |
| Eagleview Elementary School THORNTON | 451 | 39.2% | 43.0% |
| Mountain View Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 517 | 38.5% | 46.1% |
| Brantner Elementary School THORNTON | 574 | 40.9% | 40.1% |
| Cherokee Trail Elementary School PARKER | 553 | 34.2% | 42.9% |
| Ryan Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 511 | 29.9% | 50.9% |
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 Tarver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #424 of 931 | #15 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #365 of 940 ▼ 39 | #10 of 89 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #504 of 946 ▲ 39 | #18 of 89 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #283 of 1,056 | #34 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #881 of 896 | #84 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #134 of 896 | #6 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #620 of 983 | #83 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #450 of 664 | #40 of 63 |
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
475
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 475 | 22.3 | 21.3:1 | 37% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 26 | 17.9:1 | 37% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 31% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 24 | 19.7:1 | 26% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 24.4 | 22.0:1 | 26% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 25 | 19.4:1 | 23% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 659 | 27 | 24.4:1 | 4% (26) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 28 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tarver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (537 to 475); teachers down 8% (24.4 to 22.3).
About Tarver Elementary School
Tarver Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in THORNTON, Colorado, one of the schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Total enrollment is 475 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 25% bigger than the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Adams 12 Five Star Schools runs 54 schools with a combined 34,466 students. Tarver Elementary School is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at Tarver Elementary School is White: 50%. Next come 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 8% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Tarver Elementary School scores 64%.
Tarver Elementary School reports a ratio of 21.3 students per teacher, from 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 4.7 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Tarver Elementary School, 37% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Adams County, the school's rate is lower.
Tarver Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 44.0% at Tarver Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%.
The school's county is Adams County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $94,571, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Adams County's 171 public schools enroll about 87,938 students and include Tarver Elementary School.
Prairie Hills Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Tarver Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Tarver Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Tarver Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 473 in 2020-21 and 475 in 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 19.7:1 to 21.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Tarver Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in THORNTON
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Thornton High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
- Rocky Top Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,052 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
Other Tarver Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Tarver Elementary. Tarver Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Tarver Elementary SchoolTEMPLE, TX · 494 students
- Tarver Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 421 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Hills Elementary School0.7 mi · 378
- Eagleview Elementary School0.8 mi · 451
- Stellar Elementary School1.1 mi · 418
- Century Middle School1.1 mi · 717
- Rocky Top Middle School1.1 mi · 1,052
- Horizon High School1.2 mi · 1,966
Frequently asked questions
About Tarver Elementary SchoolHow large is Tarver Elementary School?
Tarver Elementary School enrolls approximately 475 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tarver Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tarver Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tarver Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tarver Elementary School is approximately 21.3:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Tarver Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tarver Elementary School are roughly 50% White, 31% Hispanic, 2% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Tarver Elementary School in?
Tarver Elementary School is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.