Achieve Academy

Set in THORNTON, Colorado, Achieve Academy is a moderately sized elementary-level community, overseen by Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St. It hosts 370 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Within Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St, which oversees 20 schools and 7,095 students, Achieve Academy is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Achieve Academy lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%); the rest looks like 8% White, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Achieve Academy has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Achieve Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Achieve Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.8%, the actual is 19.6%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the broader community, census data for Adams County shows median household income runs about $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Achieve Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Preschool on Poze, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Achieve Academy at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 17.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Achieve Academy has edged down 33%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 370 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 18% to 8% over that span.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.