📍 1020 Dawson Drive, Thornton, Adams County, 80229
McElwain Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Thornton, Adams County. The school has 369 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
McElwain Elementary School enrolls 369 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 18% White and 17% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 231 | 63% |
| White | 65 | 18% |
| Asian | 61 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.2% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
329 of the school's 369 students (89%) 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.
McElwain 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.
McElwain Elementary School is one of 55 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools, based in THORNTON, Colorado. The district serves 34,466 students district-wide and employs 2,015 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 369 students, McElwain Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 627 students per school.
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