📍 420 Crawford Street, Golden, Jefferson County, 80401
Shelton Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Golden, Jefferson County. The school has 374 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 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
Shelton Elementary School enrolls 374 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 256 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 16 | 4.3% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
136 of the school's 374 students (36%) 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.
Shelton Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students.
Shelton 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 374 students, Shelton Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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