Jefferson County School District No. R-1

District-Level NCES Analysis

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 operates 162 public schools serving 75,327 students, placing it among the largest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 82 combined, 40 elementary, 22 high, 18 middle schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jefferson County.

Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,124 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 55.3% local, 36.9% state, and 7.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 33/100, ranked #111 of 142 in Colorado against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.

Academic infrastructure includes 23 of 162 schools offering Advanced Placement (276 AP courses district-wide), a 336.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.9% White, 28.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mountview Youth Service Center, with a diversity index of 72.1/100.

Its largest campus is Arvada West High School, enrolling 1,923 students (2% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mountview Youth Service Center, at 13 students, a 148x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.