Academy High School

As an intimate four-year high school in THORNTON, Colorado, Academy High School hosts 399 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 7,095 students. Academy High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Academy High School shows that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 9% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at Academy High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Academy High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Adams County shows median household earnings sit near $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Academy High School is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

Clayton Partnership School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Academy High School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 19.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Academy High School has shrank 11%, going from 448 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 79% to 86%. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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