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Elwell Elementary School

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Elwell Elementary School ranks 491 st of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

491^st

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of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 48% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Elwell Elementary School is a PK-5 elementary school in Johnstown, CO, serving 618 students in the Weld County School District No. Re-5J, which ranks 64th among Colorado districts. Elwell itself ranks in the 48th percentile with a 2-star rating—a solidly mid-tier position that reflects meaningful improvement from the 28th percentile it posted in 2018-19.

Math is Elwell's clear strength. Its 42.2% math proficiency beats both the district (31.1%) and state (37.3%), and outpaces district peers like Knowledge Quest Academy (25.2%) and Milliken Elementary School (22.8%). It also beats several schools from higher-ranked districts, including Riverview Pk-8 (29.6%), High Plains School (37.5%), and Winona Elementary School (17.7%), while staying close to Pioneer Ridge Elementary School (44.6%). Attendance is excellent: chronic absenteeism is just 13.6%, compared to 28.4% statewide—similar to top regional schools like Berthoud Elementary School and Ivy Stockwell Elementary School. Elwell also earns three stars for economically disadvantaged students, who rank in the 66th-69th percentile statewide. Scores climb from 3rd to 5th grade, with 5th grade math exceeding the state average by nearly seven points.

The main weakness is English Language Arts. Elwell's 38.1% ELA proficiency sits about 6.6 points below the state average, and nearby schools in the St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J and Thompson School District R-2j post much higher literacy numbers—Berthoud Elementary School at 64.0%, Mead Elementary School at 57.0%, New Vision Charter School at 53.7%, and Ivy Stockwell Elementary School at 58.2%. Elwell also has the highest student-teacher ratio in the area at 20.6, which may make individualized reading support more challenging. While math proficiency has climbed from 34.6% to 42.2% in recent years, ELA has declined from 45.1% to 38.1%. For parents, the takeaway is a school with strong math, great attendance, and effective support for lower-income students, but with literacy gaps and larger class sizes worth considering.

618

Students ?

20.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,249

Per pupil spending ?

28.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

155 Silverbell Dr
Johnstown, CO 80534-8554

(970) 587-6150

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: Improving — 41st percentile in 2016 → 48th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school39%

District avg34%

Colorado avg41%

491^st of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 48%▲ up 8 pts since 2016

From bottom 41% (2016) to bottom 48% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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

62^nd of 114Weld 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
2026	43.3	491 of 946	48.1%	★★☆☆☆
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
2026	37.6	411 of 695	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
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
2026	58.0	108 of 322	66.5%	★★★☆☆
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
2026	33.5	441 of 697	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
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
2026	21.4	457 of 547	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
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 (2026)66th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2026)41st percentile-7 vs school

Male (2026)37th percentile-11 vs school

White (2026)16th percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

Math42%+5 vs state

English Language Arts38%-7 vs state

Science30%-6 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 (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 (2025)	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 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) 587-6150	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%)	43.3	491^st of 946 public elementary schools	48.1%		45.7	482^nd of 950 public elementary schools	49.3%	9	31.2	38.1	45.1				38.1	36.6	44.0	46.2				42.2	29.7		$14,249
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%)	47	453^rd of 946 public elementary schools	52.1%		43.9	504^th of 950 public elementary schools	46.9%	51	42.1	43.9	38.6				41.5	48.7	51.8	33.7				44.6	25.3		$15,542
Riverview Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3550 Barkwood Drive	Johnstown	80534	Weld 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%)	46.8	456^th of 946 public elementary schools	51.8%		44.3	495^th of 950 public elementary schools	47.9%	39	48.1	53.1	53.7	30.3	60.3	38.8	48.0	43.2	24.5	36.4	722.0	30.1	718.0	29.6	30.3	19.4	$13,942
Milliken Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	100 Broad Street	Milliken	80543	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(970) 587-6200	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Milliken Intermediate School	Public	3-5	266 S Irene Ave	Milliken	80543	Weld County	Weld County School District No. Re-5J	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 587-6095	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%)	28.9	634^th of 946 public elementary schools	33.0%		20.9	727^th of 950 public elementary schools	23.5%	93	28.4	40.7	45.5				38.7	28.8	21.3	19.3				22.8	28.4		$15,362
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%)	25.2	679^th of 946 public elementary schools	28.2%		30.9	605^th of 950 public elementary schools	36.3%	74	30.0	28.3	31.0	37.8	733.0	751.0	33.8	22.5	37.0	21.4	725.0	731.0	750.0	25.2	11.9	747.0	$12,704
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%)	67.4	290^th of 946 public elementary schools	69.3%		67.2	297^th of 950 public elementary schools	68.7%	7	51.0	62.0	54.6	45.2	53.0	55.3	53.7	57.4	55.6	56.5	32.6	43.0	48.2	49.3	38.0	44.0	$11,023
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%)	57.3	384^th of 946 public elementary schools	59.4%		59.6	363^rd of 950 public elementary schools	61.8%	21	57.4	58.5	746.0	47.9	58.7	741.0	51.7	55.3	53.7	34.6	22.9	26.7	42.4	37.5	32.7	730.0	$16,333
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%)	25.3	678^th of 946 public elementary schools	28.3%		21.5	718^th of 950 public elementary schools	24.4%	40	707.0	32.6	734.0				28.3	706.0	720.0	29.0				17.7	20.7		$20,105
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%)	83.9	140^th of 946 public elementary schools	85.2%		81.9	151^st of 950 public elementary schools	84.1%	11	58.9	66.3	66.7				64.0	67.1	58.1	61.2				61.9	55.2		$15,130

Frequently Asked Questions about Elwell Elementary School

Is Elwell Elementary School a good school?

Elwell Elementary School ranks 491^st of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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.

What district is Elwell Elementary School in?

Weld County School District No. Re-5J

How many students attend Elwell Elementary School?

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

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