Destinations Career Academy of Colorado

Students in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, attend Destinations Career Academy of Colorado, a medium-sized combined-grade school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 453 students in grades 4 through 12.

Julesburg School District No. Re1 (3 schools, 668 students) runs Destinations Career Academy of Colorado.

Destinations Career Academy of Colorado's enrollment is 51% White. The next largest groups are 38% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Destinations Career Academy of Colorado belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.

Destinations Career Academy of Colorado operates with 13.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 34.2:1. For comparison, combined schools in Colorado average 14.3:1.

Census Bureau estimates for Adams County show that median household income is about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Destinations Career Academy of Colorado is one of 171 public schools in Adams County, which together enroll about 87,938 students.

The closest public school to Destinations Career Academy of Colorado is Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Destinations Career Academy of Colorado, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school's NCES record marks it as virtual.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 777 to 453. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.6:1 in 2020-21 to 34.2:1 in 2024-25.

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