Eagle Ridge Academy

Eagle Ridge Academy operates as a middle-of-the-pack senior high in BRIGHTON, Colorado, run under School District 27J. Current enrollment sits at 593 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

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

On the student-mix side, Eagle Ridge Academy reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 44% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Eagle Ridge Academy has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 41% of students at Eagle Ridge Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Adams County's rate of about 62%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eagle Ridge Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.1%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of -8.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Eagle Ridge Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mary E Pennock Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Eagle Ridge Academy. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eagle Ridge Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 20.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. As a public charter, Eagle Ridge Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Eagle Ridge Academy's enrollment has climbed 14% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 593). The White share of enrollment decreased from 54% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 23.2:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Eagle Ridge Academy community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.