The top reported proficiency rate is 19% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lasley Elementary School
Lasley Elementary School serves students from kindergarten through sixth grade in the city of Lakewood, part of the Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Lakewood is a large, predominantly suburban city immediately west of Denver, combining established mid-century residential neighborhoods with commercial corridors along major highways. The city is home to the Denver Federal Center, three higher education institutions, and corporate headquarters for companies like FirstBank and Einstein Bros. Bagels. Its closest equivalent to a downtown is the Belmar district, a master-planned mixed-use development built on the site of a former shopping mall. The housing market in the area places home values and rents roughly in line with broader state benchmarks, while carrying costs have moderated recently.
The school itself has a significant enrollment of approximately the size you would expect for a full elementary and middle school grade band in a populous suburban district. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a smaller share of White students and modest representation of Asian and other racial groups. A substantial share of students qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a figure that sits well above the national average for a public school. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in this report, which is a gap a parent may want to explore directly with the school or district.
On the 2024-25 Colorado Measures of Academic Success, Lasley’s state testing results in English language arts, math, and science all fell considerably below the state average proficiency rates. In math, roughly one in every dozen students tested at the proficient or above level. In English language arts, the share was closer to one in every five students. Science results at the fifth-grade level were also very low. Participation rates across all subjects were high, which means the results reflect nearly the entire tested student population rather than a select group. These are uncommonly low attainment figures for Colorado elementary schools, and a family considering Lasley would want to ask the school directly about its academic interventions, curriculum implementation, and how it supports students who are below grade level.
Because this school serves only kindergarten through sixth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. No information was available on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, or course access, which would be useful for understanding school climate and student engagement.
The Jefferson County district has been through notable recent changes. In 2023, it adopted a new elementary literacy curriculum called Into Reading, aligning with the state’s science of reading requirements. That same year, the district announced and then reversed a plan to close sixteen schools after community opposition; a committee was formed in 2024 to study consolidation options, meaning families face continued uncertainty about potential school closures or boundary changes. In November 2024, voters passed a substantial bond measure for capital improvements, safety upgrades, and technology, the first such bond approved by Jeffco voters in many years. Also in that election, three school board members were recalled and replaced in a vote driven by concerns about transparency and the handling of school consolidation plans, representing a significant governance shift.
There were not enough Peers in the county to compare Lasley against other Jefferson County schools using the standard proficiency index metric, so that positioning is not available here.
Lasley Elementary is a school where a family would want to dig into academic support structures, because the proficiency data stands well below typical Colorado elementary results. The school sits in a large suburban district undergoing active financial, governance, and boundary conversations that could shape school-level resources in the years ahead. The student body is economically diverse by national standards, and the surrounding city of Lakewood offers a range of institutional employers, parks, and transit connections to Denver, which may matter to families looking for a suburban setting with urban proximity.
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