📍 13000 West 10th Avenue, Golden, Jefferson County, 80401
Welchester Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Golden, Jefferson County. The school has 277 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 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Welchester Elementary School enrolls 277 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 149 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 93 | 34% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
202 of the school's 277 students (73%) 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.
Welchester 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.
Welchester 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 277 students, Welchester Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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