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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Westgate Elementary School, Lakewood, CO

CEP schoolWestgate Elementary School is a public elementary school in Lakewood, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. It enrolled 305 students in 2024-25, with 14.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
305
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Students per teacher
14.5
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 2.2 lower 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 school14.5
District16.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
8550 West Vassar Drive, Lakewood, CO 80227
Phone
(303)982-9130
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
080480000801
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
188
Reduced-price lunch
22
Free or reduced-price lunch
21068.9% 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.