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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Prospect Valley Elementary School, Wheat Ridge, CO

Prospect Valley Elementary School is a public elementary school in Wheat Ridge, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. It enrolled 583 students in 2024-25, with 18.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
583
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
18.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 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 school18.2
District16.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
3400 Pierson Street, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
County
Jefferson County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
080480000776
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
148
Reduced-price lunch
23
Free or reduced-price lunch
17129.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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.