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Slater Elementary School

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Slater Elementary School ranks 645 th of 943 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

645^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 943 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 32% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Slater Elementary School is a PK–5 public school in Lakewood, CO, serving 280 students as part of the Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school serves a high-poverty community — nearly three-quarters of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and has historically ranked in the lower-middle tier of Colorado elementary schools. However, in 2025–2026, Slater posted its best state ranking in over a decade, jumping from the 14th to the 32nd percentile statewide.

Academically, Slater improved dramatically in the most recent school year: ELA proficiency rose from 21.4% to 34.6%, and math from 15.2% to 28.4% — the largest year-over-year gain among nearby schools. Still, those numbers trail the district (53.7% ELA, 44.6% math) and state averages (44.7% ELA, 37.3% math). Within its immediate neighborhood, Slater outperforms Eiber Elementary School and Edgewater Elementary School in both subjects, and roughly matches Stevens Elementary School in ELA. By contrast, higher-resource nearby schools like Dennison Elementary School and Stober Elementary School post proficiency rates two to three times higher.

The most pressing concern at Slater is chronic absenteeism: 45.3% of students missed significant school time in 2024–2025, nearly double the state rate and well above the district's 26.6%. Another red flag is a steep drop-off in upper elementary: 3rd and 4th grade math proficiency sits at 33–37%, but 5th grade math falls to just 12.5%, and 5th grade science is 16.7%. On a more positive note, Slater has the lowest student–teacher ratio among all nearby schools (12.8), and past data shows female students performing well above the state average for their peer group. With small class sizes already in place, the school's path forward likely depends on improving attendance and targeting support for its older students.

280

Students ?

12.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,983

Per pupil spending ?

72.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8605 West 23rd Avenue
Lakewood, CO 80215-1736

(303) 982-7575

District: Jefferson County School District No. R-1

Students who attend Slater Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Creighton Middle School
High:	Lakewood High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

61.4%

White:

28.2%

Two or more races:

6.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 11th percentile in 2022 → 32nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 32nd (2026) from a 11th-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (30% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (45% vs 28% Colorado)

!Science scores 19 pts below the Colorado average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school30%

District avg49%

Colorado avg41%

645^th of 943

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 32%▲ up 16 pts since 2016

From bottom 15% (2016) to bottom 32% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

73^rd of 84Elementary Schools in the Jefferson County School District No. R-1

24^th of 115Jefferson County School District No. R-1 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	27.9	645 of 943	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	14.2	817 of 950	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	683 of 943	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.9	755 of 933	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.3	824 of 921	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.2	703 of 965	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	646 of 917	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.1	788 of 929	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.6	774 of 914	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	36.8	554 of 938	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2014	35.9	651 of 962	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2013	37.1	647 of 954	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	27.9	711 of 935	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	29.9	704 of 935	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	29.2	690 of 925	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	30.8	655 of 872	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	20.9	696 of 849	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	35.4	594 of 852	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	30.9	612 of 829	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	36.1	570 of 823	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2004	43.2	500 of 808	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	60.0	279 of 758	63.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.2	366 of 690	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	31.8	502 of 764	34.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2019	45.0	326 of 596	45.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2019)63rd percentile+36 vs school

White (2019)45th percentile+18 vs school

Male (2019)34th percentile+7 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts35%-10 vs state

Math28%-9 vs state

Science17%-19 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Tuesday, May 13, 2025

I live near this school. The Principal and Staff do not care that parents are disrupting the quality of life for local residents--you know, us folks who pay the taxes so kids being driven from out of town can get a free education. It's disgraceful. If you care about your kids, I say beware of these unscrupulous "educators". This school panders to the lowest common denominator in society. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, April 10, 2017

The teachers play favorites. Some students are able to go on field trips and drive with their teacher to lunch for getting a good grade on a test. The students that get to go, tease my child for not being smart. The teachers are hard to meet with. I have gone to school at 245 and the teacher left for the day! school gets out at 2:30! On fridays, the staff lot is a ghost town. There are teacher who work hard, Mr. Plock, Mrs. Welte and Mrs. Kinner are friendly and always smiling. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)					CMAS Math (2026)					CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	Total
Slater Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	8605 West 23rd Avenue	Lakewood	80215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-7575	280	22	12.8	72.5%	79 (28.2%)	10 (3.6%)	172 (61.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.1%)	27.9	645^th of 943 public elementary schools	31.6%		14.2	817^th of 950 public elementary schools	14.0%	172	33.3	33.3	37.5		34.6	33.3	36.7	12.5		28.4	16.7	$19,983
Eiber Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1385 Independence Street	Lakewood	80215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-6406	255	19	13.1	75.7%	42 (16.5%)	16 (6.3%)	166 (65.1%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (2.0%)	8 (3.1%)	15 (5.9%)	14.2	823^rd of 943 public elementary schools	12.7%		15	808^th of 950 public elementary schools	14.9%	15	26.3	36.0	15.6		25.0	17.6	22.5	9.1		16.8	12.1	$20,111
Lumberg Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	6705 West 22nd Avenue	Edgewater	80214	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-6182	526	33	16.1	85.4%	45 (8.6%)	21 (4.0%)	434 (82.5%)	5 (1.0%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.7%)	4.4	942^nd of 943 public elementary schools	0.1%		6	939^th of 950 public elementary schools	1.2%	3	11.1	12.8	4.8	6.5	8.0	11.4				6.3		$17,238
Jefferson County Open Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7655 West 10th Avenue	Lakewood	80214	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-7045	236	17	14.2	33.1%	172 (72.9%)	1 (0.4%)	37 (15.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	24 (10.2%)	43.6	484^th of 943 public elementary schools	48.7%		43.5	506^th of 950 public elementary schools	46.7%	22	30.0	48.1	33.3	62.5	44.9	33.3	51.9	22.6	30.0	33.6	25.8	$18,467
Stevens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4001 Reed Street	Wheat Ridge	80033	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-2198	469	36	13.0	65.9%	216 (46.1%)	10 (2.1%)	223 (47.5%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	15 (3.2%)	24.4	684^th of 943 public elementary schools	27.5%		16.7	784^th of 950 public elementary schools	17.5%	100	22.5	34.3	45.3		33.7	16.9	19.7	20.3		18.9	33.3	$18,474
Prospect Valley Elementary School	Public	K-5	3400 Pierson Street	Wheat Ridge	80033	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-7535	583	33	17.8	29.3%	425 (72.9%)	4 (0.7%)	113 (19.4%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (5.1%)	75.1	216^th of 943 public elementary schools	77.1%		72.3	254^th of 950 public elementary schools	73.3%	38	57.7	64.2	63.5		61.7	58.7	55.9	40.4		51.5	52.0	$17,919
Edgewater Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5570 West 24th Avenue	Edgewater	80214	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-6050	335	22	15.4	63.9%	54 (16.1%)	5 (1.5%)	255 (76.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	16 (4.8%)	15.5	801^st of 943 public elementary schools	15.1%		21.2	721^st of 950 public elementary schools	24.1%	80	28.6	30.8	24.3	25.0	26.7	20.0	17.1	8.1	16.7	15.6	16.7	$18,927
Stober Elementary School	Public	K-5	2300 Urban Street	Lakewood	80215	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	No	(303) 982-7610	348	22	15.8	27.6%	242 (69.5%)	2 (0.6%)	79 (22.7%)	7 (2.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.6%)	72.9	229^th of 943 public elementary schools	75.7%		68.4	283^rd of 950 public elementary schools	70.2%	54	51.2	65.6	63.8		61.3	53.7	48.3	45.8		48.8	52.5	$18,053
Peak Expeditionary - Pennington	Public	PK, KG-5	4645 Independence Street	Wheat Ridge	80033	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 982-2083	316	18	17.6	40.5%	184 (58.2%)	4 (1.3%)	106 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.6%)	62.3	332^nd of 943 public elementary schools	64.8%		60.1	358^th of 950 public elementary schools	62.3%	26	61.2	44.4	58.8		54.5	61.2	45.3	37.3		47.7	36.0	$17,192
Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	10399 West 44th Avenue	Wheat Ridge	80033	Jefferson County	Jefferson County School District No. R-1	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 420-8288	288	17	17.3		234 (81.3%)	3 (1.0%)	23 (8.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.7%)	35.6	567^th of 943 public elementary schools	39.9%		39	538^th of 950 public elementary schools	43.4%	29	29.0	35.7	52.0	27.8	36.3	22.6	32.1			24.3	44.0	$12,719

Frequently Asked Questions about Slater Elementary School

How many students attend Slater Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 280 students attended Slater Elementary School.

What district is Slater Elementary School in?

Jefferson County School District No. R-1

Is Slater Elementary School a good school?

Slater Elementary School ranks 645^th of 943 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Slater Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Slater Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Creighton Middle School
High : Lakewood High School

What is the racial makeup of Slater Elementary School?

Students at Slater Elementary School are 61% Hispanic, 28% White, 6% Two or more races, 4% African American.

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