Timberline Elementary School

Set in CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Timberline Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community, overseen by Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It serves 478 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Timberline Elementary School sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah, which oversees 70 schools and 52,099 students, Timberline Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Timberline Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% Black, 6% Asian. By comparison, Arapahoe County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Timberline Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Arapahoe County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Timberline Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.7%; this one delivers 37.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Arapahoe County) records that median household income runs about $101,087, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Arapahoe County's 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), Timberline Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Heritage Heights Academy, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Timberline Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Timberline Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 478). White enrollment moved from 58% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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