Woodglen Elementary School

Woodglen Elementary School operates as a moderately sized primary school in THORNTON, Colorado, overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools. Current enrollment sits at 383 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 54 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools (34,466 students total), Woodglen Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Woodglen Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 32% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodglen Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Adams County put the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Woodglen Elementary School is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

Cherry Drive Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodglen Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 28%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 32% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

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