Westgate Elementary School

Westgate Elementary School, a tight-knit primary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1, educates 305 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 comprises 148 schools with combined enrollment of 74,935 students; Westgate Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Westgate Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 35% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Westgate Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Westgate Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.0%; this one delivers 18.6%.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Westgate Elementary School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

The closest other public school is Green Gables Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westgate Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Westgate Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 43% since 2018, when it stood at 534 (now 305). Class-load math has fell: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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