Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080723001249
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School
6330 TENNYSON STREET, ARVADA, CO 80003 · (303) 429-4090 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- B-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
17.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
322 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 14% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School→Westminster High School
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
7.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.8% | 7.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.5% | 10.4% |
% 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
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% 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 Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School this school | 364 | 88.5% | 16.1% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School NORTHGLENN | 338 | 84.3% | 14.8% |
| Mesa Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 317 | 89.9% | 19.7% |
| Fairview PK-8 DENVER | 397 | 88.2% | 10.7% |
| Rocky Mountain Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 318 | 90.9% | 14.9% |
| Deane Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 341 | 80.1% | 11.6% |
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 Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #840 of 931 | #67 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.8% | #911 of 940 ▼ 40 | #81 of 89 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #797 of 946 ▲ 49 | #61 of 89 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #532 of 1,056 | #65 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #680 of 896 | #54 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #682 of 896 | #58 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #54 of 983 | #15 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #596 of 664 | #53 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
364
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 364 | 21.2 | 17.2:1 | 88% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 24.1 | 14.8:1 | 90% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 24.1 | 15.4:1 | 87% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 82% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 21.6 | 17.5:1 | 85% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 89% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 82% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 20 | 17.9:1 | 51% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 20 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (378 to 364); teachers down 2% (21.6 to 21.2).
About Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School
Federal records list Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School as an elementary school in ARVADA, Colorado. A federal count lists 364 students at the school, in pre-K through 8.
Within Westminster Public Schools, Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School is one of 18 schools. The district enrolls 7,724 students.
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School is 76% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 15% White, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 43% share among Adams County residents. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 21.2 full-time equivalents, or about 17.2 students per teacher. That is close to the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 88%. Compared with the 62% average for public schools in Adams County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School is C-. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School is 3.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (16.1% versus 13.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
In Adams County (population about 530,225), the median household income is $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School is one of 171 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Early College of Arvada. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School is 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show a 3% enrollment decrease, from 376 in 2020-21 to 364 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.5:1 in 2020-21 to 17.2:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Early College of Arvada0.6 mi · 187
- Westminster High School0.7 mi · 2,010
- Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy0.8 mi · 597
- Swanson Elementary School1.3 mi · 283
- Colorado STEM Academy1.3 mi · 415
- Hidden Lake Secondary1.3 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Tennyson Knolls Preparatory SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School?
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School serve?
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School have?
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School?
At Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School in?
Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School is part of Westminster Public Schools.
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