📍 13165 West Ohio Avenue, Lakewood, Jefferson County, 80228
Foothills Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lakewood, Jefferson County. The school has 272 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County School District No. R-1 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
Foothills Elementary School enrolls 272 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 32% Hispanic or Latino and 5.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 138 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 88 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 5.5% |
| Asian | 14 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 4.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
177 of the school's 272 students (65%) 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.
Foothills 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.
Foothills Elementary School is one of 162 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1, based in GOLDEN, Colorado. The district serves 73,532 students district-wide and employs 4,550 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 272 students, Foothills Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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