Regular local school district · Jefferson County
Jefferson County School District No. R-1, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 144 public schools with 73,532 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.7 students per teacher is about the same as the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 144
- Students
- 73,532
- Teachers (FTE)
- 4,414
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1829 Denver West Dr. Bldg #27, Golden, CO 80401
- Phone
- (303)982-6500
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0804800
- State district ID
- CO-1420
- Total staff (FTE)
- 10,448
- School counselors (FTE)
- 335.0About 219 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 341.0
- Charter schools
- 19
Students per teacher compared
This district16.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (80,099), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $1.07 billion
- Federal revenue
- $104.4 million
- State revenue
- $382.1 million
- Local revenue
- $579.5 million
- Total spending
- $1.18 billion
- Spending per pupil
- $14,748
- Salaries
- $604.8 million51.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $812.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.8%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 54.4%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,748
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
By level: 30 high, 19 middle, 85 elementary, 2 prekindergarten, 8 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Adams Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 310 | 18.2 |
| Addenbrooke Classical AcademyCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 191 | 12.7 |
| Addenbrooke Classical Grammar SchoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 774 | 17.2 |
| Alameda International Junior/Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 1,002 | 15.2 |
| Arvada High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 754 | 19.3 |
| Arvada West High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,923 | 21.9 |
| Bear Creek High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,344 | 19.2 |
| Bear Creek K-8 SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 863 | 17.6 |
| Bell Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 774 | 19.4 |
| Belmar School of Integrated ArtsCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 293 | 16.3 |
| Bergen Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 456 | 17.5 |
| Blue Heron Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 325 | 13.5 |
| Bradford K8 North | Middle | 5 to 8 | 350 | 19.4 |
| Bradford K8 SouthCEP school | Elementary | K to 4 | 371 | 18.6 |
| Brady Exploration SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 294 | 17.3 |
| Campbell Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 198 | 16.5 |
| Carmody Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 550 | 17.2 |
| Chatfield High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,808 | 19.9 |
| Collegiate Academy of ColoradoCEP schoolCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 245 | 9.1 |
| Columbine High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,710 | 20.9 |
| Columbine Hills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 315 | 15.8 |
| Compass Montessori - Golden Charter SchoolCharter | Other | PK to 12 | 425 | 15.2 |
| Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 6 | 288 | 18.0 |
| Conifer Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 819 | 19.0 |
| Connections Learning Center on the Earle Johnson CampusCEP school | Middle | 6 to 9 | 22 | 2.4 |
| Coronado Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 384 | 16.7 |
| Creighton Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 741 | 16.1 |
| D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School | High | 6 to 12 | 1,212 | 20.9 |
| Dakota Ridge Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,277 | 19.6 |
| Deane Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 341 | 13.1 |
| Deer Creek Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 541 | 20.0 |
| Dennison Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 575 | 22.1 |
| Devinny Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 505 | 18.0 |
| Doral Academy of ColoradoCEP schoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 168 | 15.3 |
| Drake Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,002 | 20.0 |
| Dunstan Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 798 | 18.6 |
| Dutch Creek Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 286 | 15.1 |
| Edgewater Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 335 | 16.0 |
| Eiber Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 255 | 13.4 |
| Elk Creek Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 323 | 16.1 |
| Evergreen High School | High | 9 to 12 | 909 | 20.7 |
| Evergreen Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 478 | 19.9 |
| Everitt Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 456 | 15.7 |
| Excel Academy Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 445 | 14.8 |
| Fairmount Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 601 | 18.8 |
| Falcon Bluffs Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 567 | 20.2 |
| Foothills Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 363 | 13.4 |
| Foster Dual Language PK-8CEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 454 | 16.2 |
| Free Horizon Montessori | Elementary | PK to 8 | 382 | 19.1 |
| Fremont Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 268 | 14.1 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.