Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480000801
Westgate Elementary School
8550 WEST VASSAR DRIVE, LAKEWOOD, CO 80227 · (303) 982-9130 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-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
14.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
210 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
64%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
19.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
12.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 are down about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.4% | 21.4% |
% 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
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Westgate Elementary School
Westgate Elementary School's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westgate Elementary School this school | 305 | 68.9% | 18.6% |
| Grant Ranch ECE-8 School DENVER | 334 | 67.4% | 23.1% |
| Swanson Elementary School ARVADA | 283 | 72.4% | 16.5% |
| Monfort Elementary School GREELEY | 373 | 68.9% | 19.2% |
| Secrest Elementary School ARVADA | 334 | 66.5% | 24.2% |
| Riverdale Elementary School THORNTON | 372 | 66.9% | 24.2% |
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 Westgate Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #790 of 931 | #76 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #848 of 940 ▼ 166 | #79 of 85 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #832 of 946 ▼ 60 | #79 of 85 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #701 of 1,056 | #69 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #278 of 896 | #18 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #130 of 896 | #1 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #279 of 983 | #11 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.9% | #21 of 664 | #3 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
305
-78 (-20%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 305 | 21.2 | 14.4:1 | 69% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 332 | 20.6 | 16.1:1 | 69% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 21.2 | 16.6:1 | 64% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 70% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 27.5 | 19.4:1 | 63% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 59% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 55% (342) |
| 2000-01 | 733 | 37 | 19.8:1 | 22% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 704 | 29 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westgate Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (534 to 305); teachers down 23% (27.5 to 21.2).
About Westgate Elementary School
Westgate Elementary School, located in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, is a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 305 students.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 enrolls 74,935 students in 148 schools, including Westgate Elementary School.
Westgate Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 48%. It is also 35% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 4% Black. Jefferson County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 31 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Westgate Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
At Westgate Elementary School, 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.4:1. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 69% of enrollment. That is 37 points above the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
The allk12 Grade for Westgate Elementary School is D. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Westgate Elementary School are 6.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (18.6% actual, 25.0% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 168 public schools operate in Jefferson County, serving about 74,739 students.
The closest public school, Green Gables Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles from Westgate Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Westgate Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Westgate Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The student count in 2024-25 was 305, 20% below the 383 of 2020-21.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 LAKEWOOD
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Bear Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,344 students
- Green Mountain High SchoolHigh · 1,071 students
- Alameda International Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,002 students
- Bear Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 863 students
- Dunstan Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
Other Westgate Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Westgate Elementary. Westgate Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Westgate Elementary SchoolArlington Heights, IL · 633 students
- Westgate ElementaryFalls Church, VA · 614 students
- WESTGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLST PETERSBURG, FL · 498 students
- Westgate ElementaryEDMONDS, WA · 472 students
- Westgate Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 426 students
Nearby schools
- Green Gables Elementary School0.7 mi · 315
- Bear Creek K-8 School0.9 mi · 863
- Carmody Middle School1.1 mi · 550
- Bear Creek High School1.2 mi · 1,344
- John F Kennedy High School1.4 mi · 681
- Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center1.4 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Westgate Elementary SchoolHow large is Westgate Elementary School?
Westgate Elementary School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Westgate Elementary School serve?
Westgate Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westgate Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westgate Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westgate Elementary School?
At Westgate Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 48% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Westgate Elementary School in?
Westgate Elementary School is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1.
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