Mead Elementary School

Mead Elementary School is an elementary campus of expansive scale in MEAD, Colorado, part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, caters to 879 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Mead Elementary School sits 132% above that benchmark.

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 31,607 students. Mead Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Mead Elementary School reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Weld County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mead Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Weld County shows median household earnings sit near $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which Mead Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mead Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mead Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mead Elementary School has increased 53%, going from 574 students in 2018 to 879 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 81% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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