Total enrollment
34,466
-2,188 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
55 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
Colorado · 34,466 students · 6 cities
Adams 12 Five Star Schools in Colorado operates 55 K-12 public schools, enrolling about 34,466 students (around 627 per school).
4-year change in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
54
+1 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Adams 12 Five Star Schools ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Colorado | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #28 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 34,466 | #6 of 95 | #173 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 54 | #8 of 95 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #74 of 95 | #7,349 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 49.7% | #48 of 94 | #4,210 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #11 of 68 | #1,350 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Adams 12 Five Star Schools
State test results across the district's 48 scored schools run from Hulstrom K-8 at 85.5% proficient to Thornton Middle School at 7.2%, a gap of 78.3 points. That is the 5th widest gap among 55 Colorado districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 50 district schools that reported both years went from 38,551 to 33,009 students (down 14%) and from 1,957 to 1,900 full-time teachers (down 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Adams 12 Five Star Schools
As an average-sized district in Colorado, Adams 12 Five Star Schools teaches 34,466 students across 55 schools.
For a sense of the school types, Adams 12 Five Star Schools covers 35 elementary, 7 middle, 8 high schools, and 5 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Adams 12 Five Star Schools runs about 627 students per school, 38% higher than the state mean of roughly 456.
Over the past 4-year window. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 6%: 36,654 students in SY 2020-21 versus 34,466 in SY 2024-25. Adams 12 Five Star Schools now counts 54 public schools, up from 53 in SY 2020-21.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Adams 12 Five Star Schools discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.