Coronado Hills Elementary School

Coronado Hills Elementary School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in THORNTON, Colorado, operated by Adams 12 Five Star Schools, with 412 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Coronado Hills Elementary School is one of 54 schools operated by Adams 12 Five Star Schools, a district that hosts 34,466 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Coronado Hills Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%); the rest reads as 9% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Adams County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, Coronado Hills Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 17.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Adams County shows the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Coronado Hills Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

McElwain Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Coronado Hills Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 17.0%.

Coronado Hills Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Coronado Hills Elementary School's enrollment has fell 27% since 2018, when it stood at 566 (now 412). White enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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