Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAPLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080555002004
Achieve Academy
9100 POZE BLVD, THORNTON, CO 80229 · (303) 853-1300 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
280 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 13.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Achieve Academy
Achieve Academy's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achieve Academy this school | 370 | 75.7% | 19.6% |
| Meadow Community School THORNTON | 378 | 74.9% | 16.5% |
| North Mor Elementary School NORTHGLENN | 304 | 79.3% | 17.3% |
| Monterey Community School DENVER | 440 | 78.6% | 18.7% |
| Clayton Partnership School THORNTON | 430 | 77.7% | 20.9% |
| Deane Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 341 | 80.1% | 11.6% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Achieve Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #771 of 931 | #52 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #777 of 940 ▲ 44 | #53 of 89 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #804 of 946 ▲ 27 | #62 of 89 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #511 of 1,056 | #64 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #735 of 896 | #61 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.7% | #804 of 896 | #68 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #206 of 983 | #44 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.2% | #76 of 664 | #5 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
370
-50 (-12%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 370 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 76% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 20.1 | 19.2:1 | 81% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 22.6 | 17.0:1 | 72% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 71% (300) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 31.2 | 17.8:1 | 68% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 520 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 68% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 83% (378) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Achieve Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (554 to 370); teachers down 33% (31.2 to 21).
About Achieve Academy
Achieve Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Mapleton Public Schools, located in THORNTON, Colorado. Enrolled students number 370 students, in pre-K through 8.
Mapleton Public Schools has 7,095 students in 20 schools, and Achieve Academy is one of those schools.
At Achieve Academy, Hispanic students make up 83% of the student body. Other students are 8% White, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 43% Hispanic. Achieve Academy has a diversity index of 30%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.6:1, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Achieve Academy is 76%. The 62% average for public schools in Adams County is 14 points lower.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Achieve Academy receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 20.8% for a school in Colorado with Achieve Academy's free or reduced-price lunch share. Achieve Academy posts 19.6%.
Within Adams County, median household income is about $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Adams County number 171 and enroll about 87,938.
Of nearby public schools, Preschool on Poze is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 19.6% is above the 17.6% average for nearby schools.
NCES assigns Achieve Academy the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Achieve Academy went from 420 students to 370.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mapleton Public Schools
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
- Explore Pk-8Elementary · 557 students
- Trailside AcademyElementary · 492 students
- Monterey Community SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Clayton Partnership SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Adventure ElementaryElementary · 429 students
Other schools in THORNTON
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Thornton High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
- Rocky Top Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,052 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
Other Achieve Academy schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Achieve Academy. Achieve Academy is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Achieve AcademyOakland, CA · 537 students
- Achieve AcademyWYLIE, TX · 133 students
Nearby schools
- Preschool on Poze0.2 mi · 193
- York International0.3 mi · 776
- North Valley School for Young Adults0.3 mi · 102
- Academy High School0.4 mi · 399
- Clayton Partnership School0.4 mi · 430
- Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts0.4 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Achieve AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Achieve Academy?
Achieve Academy enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-08.
Is Achieve Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Achieve Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Achieve Academy?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at Achieve Academy.
What is the student diversity at Achieve Academy?
Student demographics at Achieve Academy are roughly 8% White, 83% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Achieve Academy?
Achieve Academy is overseen by Mapleton Public Schools in Adams County.
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