📍 305 South 5th Avenue, Brighton, Adams County, 80601
South Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brighton, Adams County. The school has 370 pupils enrolled. It is part of the School District 27J school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
South Elementary School enrolls 370 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 84% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 1.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 309 | 84% |
| White | 49 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.4% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
302 of the school's 370 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
South Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
South Elementary School is one of 32 schools in School District 27J, based in BRIGHTON, Colorado. The district serves 24,046 students district-wide and employs 1,159 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 370 students, South Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 751 students per school.
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