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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000793
Vanderhoof Elementary School
5875 ROUTT COURT, ARVADA, CO 80004 · (303) 982-2744 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
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
14.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
148 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
53%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
53.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
41.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.7% | 41.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.4% | 40.5% |
% 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 Vanderhoof Elementary School
Vanderhoof Elementary School's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderhoof Elementary School this school | 403 | 36.7% | 46.2% |
| Shelton Elementary School GOLDEN | 394 | 36.8% | 48.7% |
| Kendallvue Elementary School MORRISON | 370 | 34.9% | 38.7% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary School FIRESTONE | 387 | 39.5% | 46.6% |
| Grand View Elementary FREDERICK | 446 | 31.8% | 45.0% |
| Legacy Elementary School FREDERICK | 430 | 37.7% | 39.9% |
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 Vanderhoof Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #350 of 931 | #46 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #399 of 940 ▼ 17 | #50 of 85 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #306 of 946 ▲ 88 | #42 of 85 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #418 of 1,056 | #35 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #231 of 896 | #12 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #352 of 896 | #23 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #628 of 983 | #29 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.4% | #351 of 664 | #34 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
403
+42 (+12%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 403 | 28.7 | 14.1:1 | 37% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 28.8 | 15.3:1 | 40% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 349 | 22.2 | 15.7:1 | 30% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 21 | 17.2:1 | 25% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 482 | 24.9 | 19.4:1 | 31% (149) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 24% (112) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 26 | 20.4:1 | 24% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 25 | 20.4:1 | 9% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 733 | 32 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vanderhoof Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (482 to 403); teachers up 15% (24.9 to 28.7).
About Vanderhoof Elementary School
Vanderhoof Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ARVADA, Colorado, one of the schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1. In all, 403 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 has 148 schools; together they serve 74,935 students.
The share of White students at Vanderhoof Elementary School is 64%, a majority. Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. For comparison, the population of Jefferson County is roughly 80% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Vanderhoof Elementary School totals 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Vanderhoof Elementary School is about 37%.
Vanderhoof Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Test results at Vanderhoof Elementary School are 1.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (46.2% actual, 44.5% predicted).
In Jefferson County, the median household earns about $110,656 a year, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Jefferson County has 168 public schools with about 74,739 students, including Vanderhoof Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Vanderhoof Elementary School is closest to Arvada West High School, about 0.5 miles away. Vanderhoof Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Vanderhoof Elementary School at 4th of 7.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count rose 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 17.2 in 2020-21 to 14.1 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
- Arvada West High School0.5 mi · 1,923
- Fremont Elementary School0.8 mi · 268
- Campbell Early Learning Center1.0 mi · 198
- Drake Junior High School1.2 mi · 1,002
- Stott Elementary School1.2 mi · 288
- Prospect Academy1.3 mi · 94
Frequently asked questions
About Vanderhoof Elementary SchoolHow large is Vanderhoof Elementary School?
Vanderhoof Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Vanderhoof Elementary School serve?
Vanderhoof Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vanderhoof Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vanderhoof Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Vanderhoof Elementary School?
Vanderhoof Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Vanderhoof Elementary School?
Vanderhoof 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.