Elementary · Colorado
McElwain Elementary School
Free meals for allMcElwain Elementary School, a public elementary school in Thornton, Colorado: grades k–5, 361 students, 14.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 361
- Teachers (FTE)
- 25.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 51% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 52% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared
Smaller than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1020 Dawson Drive, Thornton, CO 80229
- Phone
- (720)972-5500
- City or town
- Welby
- County
- Adams County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Coronado Hills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 412 | 14.7 |
Monterey Community SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 440 | 18.8 |
Clayton Partnership SchoolFree meals for all | K–8 | 430 | 18.6 |
Thornton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 387 | 13.8 |
Welby Community School of the ArtsFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 308 | 16.3 |
Achieve AcademyFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 370 | 17.6 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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