📍 6055 West 68th Avenue, Arvada, Jefferson County, 80003
Swanson Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arvada, Jefferson County. The school has 212 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 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
Swanson Elementary School enrolls 212 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 41% White and 3.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 109 | 51% |
| White | 87 | 41% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 6 | 2.8% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
153 of the school's 212 students (72%) 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.
Swanson 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.
Swanson 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 212 students, Swanson Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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