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If you had an hour of school board time for Turnberry Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
742
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J·NCES 080258006401
Turnberry Elementary
13069 EAST 106TH PLACE, COMMERCE CITY, CO 80022 · (720) 685-5350 · Adams County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL742 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
382 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 60 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
22.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -7.5pp since 2023
Math
23.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.7% | 23.9% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 24.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Turnberry Elementary
Turnberry Elementary's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnberry Elementary this school | 742 | 51.5% | 23.1% |
| Global Village Academy - North NORTHGLENN | 838 | 55.7% | 41.9% |
| Bear Creek K-8 School LAKEWOOD | 863 | 50.5% | 32.5% |
| John W Thimmig Elementary School HENDERSON | 531 | 55.9% | 27.4% |
| Second Creek Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 697 | 58.1% | 27.4% |
| Hunters Glen Elementary School THORNTON | 491 | 53.0% | 39.3% |
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 Turnberry Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #713 of 931 | #43 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #639 of 940 ▼ 31 | #31 of 89 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #777 of 946 ▼ 126 | #57 of 89 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 742 | #53 of 1,056 | #5 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #757 of 896 | #63 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #216 of 896 | #23 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #462 of 983 | #71 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #185 of 200 | #19 of 20 |
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
742
+36 (+5%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 742 | 41.6 | 17.9:1 | 51% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 41.2 | 18.6:1 | 48% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 762 | 38.4 | 19.9:1 | 34% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | 35 | 20.2:1 | 26% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 35.5 | 20.6:1 | 27% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 37 | 21.5:1 | 25% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 23% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Turnberry Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (733 to 742); teachers up 17% (35.5 to 41.6).
About Turnberry Elementary
The public elementary school Turnberry Elementary is located in COMMERCE CITY, Colorado. It has an enrollment of 742 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Turnberry Elementary is one of 33 schools in School District 27J, which enrolls 24,044 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Turnberry Elementary is 54%, a majority. After that, the student body is 33% White, 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Adams County is about 43% Hispanic. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Turnberry Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.9 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. The school reported 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Adams County average 62%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Turnberry Elementary is -12.4 points, in the bottom 10% of Colorado. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.1%, and the predicted rate is 35.5%.
In the surrounding county, Adams County, median household income comes to about $94,571, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 171 public schools and about 87,938 students.
John W Thimmig Elementary School is about 1.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 24.5% on proficiency, and Turnberry Elementary is below that at 23.1%.
Federal data place Turnberry Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 5%. The school's ratio dropped from 20.2:1 to 17.9:1 between 2020-21 and 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
Related schools
Other schools in School District 27J
- Colorado Connections @ 27JCombined · 2,042 students
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in COMMERCE CITY
- Adams City High SchoolHigh · 1,500 students
- Otho E Stuart Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Landmark Academy at ReunionElementary · 758 students
- Reunion Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Second Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 697 students
- Southlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
Nearby schools
- John W Thimmig Elementary School1.3 mi · 531
- Prairie View Middle School1.7 mi · 679
- Prairie View High School1.8 mi · 1,809
- Otho E Stuart Middle School1.9 mi · 794
- Second Creek Elementary School2.0 mi · 697
- Landmark Academy at Reunion2.1 mi · 758
Frequently asked questions
About Turnberry ElementaryHow many students attend Turnberry Elementary?
Turnberry Elementary enrolls approximately 742 students in grades PK-05.
Is Turnberry Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Turnberry Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Turnberry Elementary have?
Turnberry Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Turnberry Elementary?
At Turnberry Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Turnberry Elementary in?
Turnberry Elementary is part of School District 27J.
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