Brady Exploration School

Located at 5220 W. OHIO AVENUE, in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, Brady Exploration School is a tight-knit 9-12 campus that teaches 294 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Brady Exploration School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Brady Exploration School is one of 148 schools operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, a district that caters to 74,935 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Brady Exploration School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 28% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Jefferson County shows median household earnings sit near $110,656, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which Brady Exploration School is one.

Deane Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Brady Exploration School's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 286 (now 294). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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