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Enrollment
492
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001056
Van Arsdale Elementary School
7535 ALKIRE STREET, ARVADA, CO 80005 · (303) 982-1080 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL492 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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.
- 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
17.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
82 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 49 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
42%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
49.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.5% | 57.1% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Van Arsdale Elementary School
Van Arsdale Elementary School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Van Arsdale Elementary School this school | 492 | 16.7% | 51.6% |
| Woodrow Wilson Charter Academy WESTMINSTER | 518 | 17.2% | 52.4% |
| Montessori Peaks Charter Academy LITTLETON | 444 | 16.7% | 51.2% |
| Soaring Hawk Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 431 | 18.1% | 57.0% |
| Ivy Stockwell Elementary School BERTHOUD | 426 | 16.4% | 53.2% |
| Devinny Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 505 | 13.7% | 70.1% |
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 Van Arsdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #268 of 931 | #37 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #273 of 940 ▼ 119 | #35 of 85 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #378 of 946 ▼ 88 | #48 of 85 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 492 | #253 of 1,056 | #23 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #747 of 896 | #75 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.6% | #645 of 896 | #50 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.7% | #870 of 983 | #62 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #611 of 664 | #59 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
492
+88 (+22%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 492 | 27.8 | 17.7:1 | 17% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 28.3 | 17.0:1 | 19% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 25.7 | 17.5:1 | 16% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 22 | 18.4:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 22.6 | 22.4:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 25 | 20.7:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 11% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 23 | 21.7:1 | 5% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Van Arsdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (507 to 492); teachers up 23% (22.6 to 27.8).
About Van Arsdale Elementary School
Van Arsdale Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Jefferson County School District No. R-1, located in ARVADA, Colorado. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 492 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Van Arsdale Elementary School is run by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, whose 148 schools enroll 74,935 students.
At Van Arsdale Elementary School, White students make up 74% of the student body. It is also 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.7:1, with 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is higher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Van Arsdale Elementary School is 17%. Public schools in Jefferson County average 32%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Van Arsdale Elementary School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Van Arsdale Elementary School is 5.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 51.6%. Predicted: 56.6%.
Jefferson County has about 579,377 residents, and the median household income is $110,656, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. In all, Jefferson County has 168 public schools and roughly 74,739 students.
Nearby, Ralston Valley Senior High School is about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Van Arsdale Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Van Arsdale Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Van Arsdale Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 404 in 2020-21 to 492 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
Nearby schools
- Ralston Valley Senior High School0.7 mi · 1,875
- Meiklejohn Elementary1.0 mi · 521
- Stott Elementary School1.2 mi · 288
- Oberon Middle School1.4 mi · 704
- Sierra Elementary School1.5 mi · 493
- Fremont Elementary School1.6 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Van Arsdale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Van Arsdale Elementary School?
Van Arsdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 492 students in grades PK-05.
Is Van Arsdale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Van Arsdale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Van Arsdale Elementary School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Van Arsdale Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Van Arsdale Elementary School?
Student demographics at Van Arsdale Elementary School are roughly 74% White, 18% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Van Arsdale Elementary School?
Van Arsdale Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.