Discovery Magnet School

Discovery Magnet School operates as an expansive K-5 school in THORNTON, Colorado, operated by School District 27J. Current enrollment sits at 692 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 83% larger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

School District 27J runs 33 schools in total, collectively educating 24,044 students. Discovery Magnet School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Discovery Magnet School shows that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 32% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Adams County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Discovery Magnet School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Discovery Magnet School is one.

Horizon High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Discovery Magnet School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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