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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology this year?
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Enrollment
876
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREELEY-EVANS SCHOOL DISTRICT 6·NCES 080441001990
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology
1400 EAST 20TH STREET, GREELEY, CO 80631 · (970) 348-2500 · Weld County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL876 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest 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
17.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
698 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (93).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
19.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
10.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 9.4% |
% 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
13.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology's state test result (13.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology this school | 876 | 79.7% | 13.4% |
| Del Mar Academy AURORA | 950 | 82.5% | 9.9% |
| McGlone Academy DENVER | 842 | 89.0% | 8.3% |
| Global Village Academy Aurora AURORA | 802 | 77.1% | 21.8% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Fletcher AURORA | 701 | 89.4% | 25.2% |
| Timberline PK-8 LONGMONT | 762 | 83.6% | 15.8% |
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 Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #887 of 931 | #52 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #884 of 940 ▼ 2 | #54 of 55 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #842 of 946 ▲ 25 | #49 of 55 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 876 | #23 of 1,056 | #6 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #673 of 896 | #33 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.2% | #740 of 896 | #51 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #156 of 983 | #7 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #198 of 664 | #5 of 30 |
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
876
-175 (-17%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 876 | 51.1 | 17.1:1 | 80% (698) |
| 2023-24 | 910 | 54.4 | 16.7:1 | 86% (783) |
| 2022-23 | 957 | 52.9 | 18.1:1 | 80% (768) |
| 2020-21 | 1,051 | 63 | 16.7:1 | 86% (903) |
| 2017-18 | 1,164 | 69.6 | 16.7:1 | 87% (1,008) |
| 2015-16 | 1,039 | 66 | 15.7:1 | 92% (954) |
| 2010-11 | 658 | 39 | 16.9:1 | 85% (557) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (1,164 to 876); teachers down 27% (69.6 to 51.1).
About Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology operates as a high-enrollment elementary school in GREELEY, Colorado. Total enrollment is 876 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 8. It has 131% more students than the average for elementary schools in Colorado (about 379).
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology is one school in Greeley-Evans School District 6, a system of 34 schools with 22,917 students.
The largest group at Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology is Hispanic students, at 79%. Smaller groups are 9% White and 8% Black. County-wide, 31% of Weld County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. The school has 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. In all, 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Weld County.
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.4%, compared with a predicted 18.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census data for Weld County show median household income comes to about $97,097, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 116 public schools and about 61,274 students.
Salida del Sol Academy is the nearest public school to Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology, about 1.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology ranks 7th on proficiency.
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 175 students, from 1,051 to 876.
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Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greeley-Evans School District 6
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Frontier Charter AcademyCombined · 1,432 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
Other schools in GREELEY
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Frontier Charter AcademyCombined · 1,432 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
Nearby schools
- Salida del Sol Academy1.3 mi · 654
- Jefferson Junior/Senior High1.7 mi · 614
- District 6 Online Academy2.3 mi · 257
- Union Colony Elementary School2.3 mi · 342
- Fred Tjardes School of Innovation2.4 mi · 124
- Greeley Central High School2.5 mi · 1,507
Frequently asked questions
About Bella Romero Academy of Applied TechnologyHow large is Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology?
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology enrolls approximately 876 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology serve?
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology is approximately 17.1:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology?
At Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology, the student body is approximately 9% White, 79% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology public or private?
Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greeley-Evans School District 6.
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