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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Dennison Elementary School, Lakewood, CO

CEP schoolDennison Elementary School is a public elementary school in Lakewood, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. It enrolled 575 students in 2024-25, with 22.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
575
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
22.1
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 5.4 higher than the district figure of 16.7. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.1
District16.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
401 Independence Street, Lakewood, CO 80226
Phone
(303)982-6382
District
Jefferson County School District No. R-1
County
Jefferson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
080480000710
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
60
Reduced-price lunch
13
Free or reduced-price lunch
7312.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.