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Elwell Elementary School

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Elwell Elementary School ranks 482 nd of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

482^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 950 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 49% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Elwell Elementary School is a public elementary school in Johnstown, Colorado, serving 568 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Weld County School District No. Re-5J, which is ranked 67 out of 115 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Elwell Elementary School has faced several challenges in recent years. Its academic performance has consistently lagged behind state and district averages in CMAS assessments for English Language Arts, Math, and Science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates were 36.9% in ELA, 42.9% in Math, and 35.2% in Science, compared to the state averages of 44.8%, 35.9%, and 39%, respectively. Additionally, the school has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.9% in 2021-2022 to 27.7% in 2023-2024, which is well above the state average.

Elwell Elementary School's performance is generally lower than the nearby schools in the Thompson School District, such as High Plains School, Berthoud Elementary School, and Ivy Stockwell Elementary School, which consistently outperform Elwell on academic measures. The school's performance has also declined over the past few years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 444 out of 943 Colorado elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 482 out of 950 in 2024-2025, and its overall rating decreasing from 3 to 2 stars.

618

Students ?

20.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,998

Per pupil spending ?

28.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

155 Silverbell Dr
Johnstown, CO 80534-8554

(970) 587-4605

District: Weld County School District No. Re-5J

Students who attend Elwell Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Roosevelt Middle School
High:	Roosevelt High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

62.8%

Hispanic:

29.6%

Two or more races:

4.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 46th percentile in 2015 → 49th in 2025

Strengths

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Weld County School District No. Re-5J

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school39%

District avg33%

Colorado avg40%

482^nd of 950

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 49%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 4Elementary Schools in the Weld County School District No. Re-5J

67^th of 115Weld County School District No. Re-5J 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
2025	45.7	482 of 950	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.6	444 of 943	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.8	473 of 933	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.5	575 of 921	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.8	494 of 710	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.1	691 of 965	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	38.2	536 of 917	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	37.5	547 of 929	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.6	543 of 914	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	41.9	502 of 938	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	70.0	271 of 962	71.8%	★★★★☆
2013	58.5	422 of 954	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	67.7	316 of 935	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2011	64.8	349 of 935	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2010	60.5	402 of 925	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2009	44.5	535 of 872	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2008	36.5	588 of 849	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2007	44.7	520 of 852	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	64.1	328 of 829	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2005	53.1	435 of 823	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2004	38.3	535 of 808	33.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	36.6	427 of 694	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	54.1	295 of 684	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.8	398 of 642	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.1	398 of 595	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	14.9	334 of 351	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.6	621 of 758	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.5	495 of 690	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	60.6	106 of 337	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	63.3	112 of 365	69.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	16.3	312 of 332	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	32.0	227 of 308	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	38.4	417 of 700	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.2	441 of 683	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.1	404 of 649	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.7	478 of 594	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	43.7	249 of 352	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.6	487 of 764	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.1	469 of 693	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	19.1	476 of 551	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	460 of 539	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	449 of 525	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.7	564 of 596	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.3	273 of 337	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)69th percentile+19 vs school

Male (2025)40th percentile-9 vs school

Female (2025)38th percentile-11 vs school

White (2025)14th percentile-36 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2024-2025) ?

Math43%+7 vs state

English Language Arts37%-8 vs state

Science35%-4 vs state

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by a parent
Sunday, January 12, 2025

I wrote a Google review about this incident when it happened a couple years ago but it has been removed. I will NOT be SILENCED! My son was bullied to the point of suicidal idealization. The principal reached out to me to let me know my son sent a message about it to another classmate. We met with the principal and hoped that was it but I was so wrong. Long story short, after over 6 months of multiple meeting with the all the staff the bullying not only continued but got worse. I was going to press harassment charges on children, it was so bad. I ended up not doing so because it’s the adults fault’s. The staff never did any thing about it. They just let it go on. I mean when I say they did nothing I mean literally nothing. Those kids were on the softball team and the moms were all in PTA so I’m sure they didn’t want to be embarrassed. Kind of like when a woman gets raped and no one cares because the man is a productive member of society. I ended up have to pull my son out of school to save his life. That just don’t care. My daughter’s teacher tried having attitude with her as well during all of this. My son was 10 and my daughter 6. Just kids being bullied by grown adults who work with kids that are also abusive. Those boys abused my son and the adults let it happen, while lying to me about it being taken care of. This school is sick and then to remove my review. Why? So that other parents don’t know what goes on behind your closed doors? You were going to let my 10 year old son die over some PTA pussy. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CMAS English Language Arts (2025)							CMAS Math (2025)							CMAS Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th 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 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Elwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	155 Silverbell Dr	Johnstown	80534	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	No	(970) 587-4605	618	30	20.6	28.5%	388 (62.8%)	6 (1.0%)	183 (29.6%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.9%)	45.7	482^nd of 950 public elementary schools	49.3%		50.6	444^th of 943 public elementary schools	52.9%	38	36.8	40.0	34.1				36.9	48.3	36.0	44.3				42.9	35.2		$12,998
Pioneer Ridge Elementary School	Public	K-5	2300 Cinnamon Teal	Johnstown	80534	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	No	(970) 587-8100	528	34	15.5	22.2%	367 (69.5%)	3 (0.6%)	140 (26.5%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (1.9%)	43.9	504^th of 950 public elementary schools	46.9%		45.7	483^rd of 943 public elementary schools	48.8%	21	36.0	39.0	42.4				39.1	58.1	26.8	36.0				40.6	31.4		$13,954
Riverview Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3550 Barkwood Drive	Johnstown	80534	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7000	757	45	17.0	26.2%	493 (65.1%)	7 (0.9%)	201 (26.6%)	14 (1.8%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (5.2%)	44.3	495^th of 950 public elementary schools	47.9%		47.7	469^th of 943 public elementary schools	50.3%	26	44.4	32.4	40.3	58.5	43.2	39.7	43.7	31.1	23.2	38.8	36.6			26.2	32.8	20.6	$12,737
Milliken Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Broad Street	Milliken	80543	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 587-4667	472	32	14.7	49.4%	251 (53.2%)	0 (0.0%)	208 (44.1%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	20.9	727^th of 950 public elementary schools	23.5%		16.1	788^th of 943 public elementary schools	16.4%	61	18.2	28.2	35.7				28.1	16.4	18.3	20.2				18.5	31.0		$13,752
Knowledge Quest Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	705 South School House Drive	Milliken	80543	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 587-5742	395	27	14.6	27.1%	261 (66.1%)	3 (0.8%)	104 (26.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (6.3%)	30.9	605^th of 950 public elementary schools	36.3%		39.9	529^th of 943 public elementary schools	43.9%	76	21.4	22.2	27.7	39.0	63.6	35.6	33.6		46.7	31.9		40.6	27.3	31.9	27.7	42.2	$11,453
New Vision Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	299 Peridot Ave	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	Yes	No	No	No	(970) 593-6827	1,005	51	19.6	21.5%	811 (80.7%)	2 (0.2%)	132 (13.1%)	5 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.0%)	67.2	297^th of 950 public elementary schools	68.7%		68.6	280^th of 943 public elementary schools	70.3%	17	50.5	49.1	52.4	63.2	61.5	54.7	54.9	49.5	50.9	51.4	45.3	40.2	44.2	47.2	41.3	47.6	$10,477
High Plains School	Public	PK, KG-8	4255 Buffalo Mountain Drive	Loveland	80538	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 679-9800	495	28	17.6	34.1%	335 (67.7%)	10 (2.0%)	104 (21.0%)	13 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.3%)	59.6	363^rd of 950 public elementary schools	61.8%		53.8	416^th of 943 public elementary schools	55.9%	53	57.5	54.3	55.2	39.2	55.6	61.4	53.6	57.5	52.2	45.5	17.6	28.9	54.5	42.1	42.4	54.5	$14,061
Winona Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	201 South Boise Avenue	Loveland	80537	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 613-7100	246	17	14.6	58.9%	117 (47.6%)	5 (2.0%)	105 (42.7%)	4 (1.6%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.7%)	21.5	718^th of 950 public elementary schools	24.4%		21.8	720^th of 943 public elementary schools	23.6%	2	35.6	19.4	24.4				27.0	22.7	23.3	28.6				24.8	20.0		$16,712
Berthoud Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	560 Bunyan Avenue	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-7500	495	29	17.2	16.8%	413 (83.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.7%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	81.9	151^st of 950 public elementary schools	84.1%		83.7	133^rd of 943 public elementary schools	85.9%	18	59.5	75.4	56.3				62.9	64.3	73.8	51.2				62.4	57.7		$13,476
Ivy Stockwell Elementary School	Public	K-5	175 Fifth Street	Berthoud	80513	Larimer County	Thompson School District R-2j	No	No	No	No	(970) 613-6100	426	24	17.6	16.4%	324 (76.1%)	1 (0.2%)	70 (16.4%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.6%)	75	226^th of 950 public elementary schools	76.2%		69.5	270^th of 943 public elementary schools	71.4%	44	47.5	54.5	66.7				56.3	44.1	61.0	60.3				55.8	55.6		$13,298

Frequently Asked Questions about Elwell Elementary School

How many students attend Elwell Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 618 students attended Elwell Elementary School.

Is Elwell Elementary School a good school?

Elwell Elementary School ranks 482^nd of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Elwell Elementary School in?

Weld County School District No. Re-5J

What schools do graduates of Elwell Elementary School attend?

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

Middle : Roosevelt Middle School
High : Roosevelt High School

What is the racial makeup of Elwell Elementary School?

Students at Elwell Elementary School are 63% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

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