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If you could change one rule at West Woods Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001549
West Woods Elementary School
16650 WEST 72ND AVENUE, ARVADA, CO 80007 · (303) 982-5649 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
17.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
21 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
28%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
74.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
66.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.9% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 77.6% | 67.2% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 West Woods Elementary School
West Woods Elementary School's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Woods Elementary School this school | 542 | 3.9% | 72.0% |
| Meiklejohn Elementary ARVADA | 521 | 7.1% | 70.5% |
| Rooney Ranch Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 492 | 7.3% | 66.8% |
| Fairmount Elementary School GOLDEN | 601 | 7.8% | 67.4% |
| Bethke Elementary School TIMNATH | 512 | 8.0% | 69.6% |
| Wilder Elementary School LITTLETON | 592 | 9.5% | 66.0% |
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 West Woods Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #43 of 931 | #7 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #81 of 940 ▼ 23 | #13 of 85 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #48 of 946 ▼ 17 | #7 of 85 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #169 of 1,056 | #10 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #741 of 896 | #73 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #823 of 896 | #79 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.9% | #981 of 983 | #84 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.1% | #158 of 664 | #10 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
542
+11 (+2%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 542 | 30.7 | 17.7:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 29.5 | 17.8:1 | 6% (29) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 28.7 | 18.3:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 743 | 35.2 | 21.1:1 | 4% (27) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 36 | 20.6:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 6% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 2% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Woods Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (743 to 542); teachers down 13% (35.2 to 30.7).
About West Woods Elementary School
West Woods Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in ARVADA, Colorado. It serves 542 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in Colorado is roughly 379 students; this school is 43% larger than that.
Enrollment across the 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 totals 74,935 students.
At West Woods Elementary School, White students make up 84% of the student body. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Asian. West Woods Elementary School has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at West Woods Elementary School was 17.7:1. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 4%. Public schools in Jefferson County average 32%.
West Woods Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 90% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
West Woods Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.0%, compared with a predicted 64.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $110,656, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. West Woods Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 74,739 students.
Nearest public school: Van Arsdale Elementary School, about 2.1 miles away. The five-mile area around West Woods Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. West Woods Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 72.0% against a local average of 53.9%.
In the federal locale system, West Woods Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 531 in 2020-21 and 542 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.0:1 to 17.7:1.
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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
- Van Arsdale Elementary School2.1 mi · 492
- Ralston Valley Senior High School2.3 mi · 1,875
- Meiklejohn Elementary2.4 mi · 521
- Stott Elementary School2.5 mi · 288
- Fairmount Elementary School2.7 mi · 601
- Fremont Elementary School3.0 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About West Woods Elementary SchoolHow large is West Woods Elementary School?
West Woods Elementary School enrolls approximately 542 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does West Woods Elementary School serve?
West Woods Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does West Woods Elementary School have?
West Woods Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Woods Elementary School?
At West Woods Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is West Woods Elementary School in?
West Woods Elementary School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
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