School District 27J
Three in Four Colorado Districts Never Recovered from COVID
Five years after the pandemic emptied classrooms across the Front Range, Jefferson County R-1 has 9,855 fewer students than it did in 2019-20. Douglas County Re 1 is down 5,770. Adams 12 Five Star Sch...
District 27J adds 7,187 students as Denver's northern suburbs absorb the growth
Colorado lost nearly 18,000 public school students between 2014-15 and 2025-26. School District 27J gained 7,187.
Half of Colorado's Districts Just Hit All-Time Lows
Jefferson County R-1 has closed 21 schools since 2021, cut 139 positions from next year's budget, and still cannot outrun the math. In 2025-26, the state's second-largest district enrolled 74,177 stud...
Colorado Hits All-Time Low as 10,000 Students Vanish
For five years, Colorado's enrollment decline looked manageable. The state lost 29,762 students during COVID's first year, clawed back 3,369 the next, then settled into a slow bleed of 1,000 to 3,000 ...