Excel Academy Charter School

Excel Academy Charter School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in ARVADA, Colorado, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Current enrollment sits at 445 students spanning grades K through 8.

Within Jefferson County School District No. R-1, which oversees 148 schools and 74,935 students, Excel Academy Charter School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Excel Academy Charter School reports that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder is composed of 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Jefferson County's rate of about 32%.

With demographic context factored in, Excel Academy Charter School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.9%; this one delivers 47.9%.

Around the school, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Excel Academy Charter School is one of 168 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sierra Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Excel Academy Charter School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Excel Academy Charter School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, Excel Academy Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Excel Academy Charter School has declined 14%, going from 518 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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