📍 5751 Balsam Street, Arvada, Jefferson County, 80002
Arvada K-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Arvada, Jefferson County. The school has 554 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County School District No. R-1 school district. It serves grades K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
Arvada K-8 enrolls 554 students across grades K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 4.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 332 | 60% |
| White | 170 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 4.7% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 3.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
475 of the school's 554 students (86%) 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.
Arvada K-8 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.
Arvada K-8 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 554 students, Arvada K-8 is larger than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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