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What's the biggest difference between Brighton High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,733
High
DISTRICT 987 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J·NCES 080258000144
Brighton High School
270 SOUTH 8TH AVENUE, BRIGHTON, CO 80601 · (303) 655-4200 · Adams County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,733 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
90 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
965 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 481 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 438 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 412 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 402 | 23% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Brighton High School
Brighton High School's state test result (15.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton High School this school | 1,733 | 55.7% | 15.8% |
| Pueblo County High School PUEBLO | 1,148 | 51.8% | 25.6% |
| Glenwood Springs High School GLENWOOD SPRINGS | 1,032 | 46.6% | 27.6% |
| Battle Mountain High School EDWARDS | 916 | 47.2% | N/A |
| North High School DENVER | 1,653 | 62.6% | 15.9% |
| Fort Morgan High School FORT MORGAN | 945 | 50.3% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Brighton High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #182 of 231 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,733 | #41 of 409 | #7 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #159 of 250 | #10 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #92 of 250 | #9 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.7% | #130 of 320 | #18 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.1% | #119 of 139 | #10 of 13 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,733
-101 (-6%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 1,110
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 1,733 | 89.9 | 19.3:1 | 56% (965) |
| 2023-24 | 1,773 | 93 | 19.1:1 | 51% (903) |
| 2022-23 | 1,854 | 98.8 | 18.8:1 | 38% (699) |
| 2020-21 | 1,834 | 87 | 21.1:1 | 31% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 1,808 | 75.2 | 24.0:1 | 38% (695) |
| 2015-16 | 1,786 | 82 | 21.8:1 | 37% (653) |
| 2010-11 | 1,647 | 69 | 23.9:1 | 14% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 1,291 | 66 | 19.6:1 | 15% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 1,110 | 65 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brighton High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,808 to 1,733); teachers up 20% (75.2 to 89.9).
About Brighton High School
Brighton High School is the name of a large high school in BRIGHTON, Colorado. It reports enrollment of 1,733 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Colorado average about 627 students, which makes this school 176% above average.
District-wide, School District 27J has 33 schools and 24,044 students.
About 59% of the student body at Brighton High School is Hispanic. Other groups include 36% White and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 43% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 52, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 19.3:1 is based on 89.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.9:1. In all, 56% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Brighton High School scores 17.1 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.8%; the prediction is 33.0%.
In Adams County, the median household earns about $94,571 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Adams County has 171 public schools with about 87,938 students, including Brighton High School.
Vikan Middle School is the nearest public school to Brighton High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Brighton High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Brighton High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Brighton High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Brighton High School enrolled 1,834 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 1,733. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (19.3:1) than in 2020-21 (21.1:1).
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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 School District 27J
- Colorado Connections @ 27JCombined · 2,042 students
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- Otho E Stuart Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
Other schools in BRIGHTON
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Foundations AcademyElementary · 763 students
- Elaine S. Padilla Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Eagle Ridge AcademyHigh · 593 students
- Mary E Pennock Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other Brighton High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Brighton High. Brighton High School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Brighton HighSalt Lake City, UT · 2,435 students
- Brighton High SchoolBRIGHTON, MI · 1,887 students
- BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOLROCHESTER, NY · 1,164 students
- Brighton High SchoolBrighton, TN · 1,031 students
- Brighton High SchoolBrighton, MA · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Vikan Middle School0.2 mi · 528
- South Elementary School0.3 mi · 337
- Innovations & Options0.4 mi · 235
- Southeast Elementary School0.5 mi · 527
- 27J Online Academy0.5 mi · 336
- Bright Beginnings0.5 mi · 72
Frequently asked questions
About Brighton High SchoolHow large is Brighton High School?
Brighton High School enrolls approximately 1,733 students in grades 09-12.
Is Brighton High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brighton High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Brighton High School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Brighton High School.
How diverse is Brighton High School?
Brighton High School reports a student body of 36% White, 59% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Brighton High School in?
Brighton High School is part of School District 27J.
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