Early College Academy

Early College Academy is one of the small 9-12 campuss in GREELEY, Colorado, one of the schools within GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta, with 293 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 53% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Early College Academy is one of 34 schools operated by GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta, a district that enrolls 22,917 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Early College Academy shows that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 28% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 281.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Early College Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.1%; this one delivers 29.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Weld County) logs that median household income runs about $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Weld County's 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), Early College Academy is one campus in the mix.

S. Christa McAuliffe STEM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Early College Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Early College Academy at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 14%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 61% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 50.3:1 in 2018 to 281.7:1 today.

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