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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R-1·NCES 080480001508
Excel Academy Charter School
11500 W. 84TH AVE, ARVADA, CO 80005 · (303) 467-2295 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
109 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 44% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
43.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -10.2pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.7% | 44.7% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Excel Academy Charter School
Excel Academy Charter School's state test result (47.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Excel Academy Charter School this school | 445 | 24.5% | 47.9% |
| Louisville Elementary School LOUISVILLE | 449 | 23.6% | 63.4% |
| Meadow View Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 508 | 25.6% | 49.3% |
| Free Horizon Montessori GOLDEN | 382 | 24.1% | 38.5% |
| Coronado Elementary School LITTLETON | 384 | 21.6% | 56.8% |
| Rockrimmon Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 390 | 23.6% | 62.2% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Excel Academy Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #331 of 931 | #45 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #320 of 940 ▼ 10 | #42 of 85 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #462 of 946 ▼ 154 | #60 of 85 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #335 of 1,056 | #29 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #279 of 896 | #19 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #618 of 896 | #48 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.5% | #766 of 983 | #49 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #399 of 664 | #38 of 62 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
-84 (-16%) vs 2020
+271% since 2000-01, when it was 120
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 445 | 30.9 | 14.4:1 | 24% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 30.5 | 14.2:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 24.9 | 19.2:1 | 14% (67) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 29.3 | 17.7:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 517 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 16% (85) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 16% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 120 | 8 | 15.0:1 | 5% (6) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Excel Academy Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (518 to 445); teachers up 5% (29.3 to 30.9).
About Excel Academy Charter School
Excel Academy Charter School is an elementary school in ARVADA, Colorado, and it is part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Federal data show 445 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (148 schools, 74,935 students) runs Excel Academy Charter School.
White students are 74% of those enrolled at Excel Academy Charter School. Other reported shares: 15% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. A diversity index of 43% means there is a 43% chance two randomly chosen students at Excel Academy Charter School are from different groups.
There are 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado, 16.6:1, is higher. Of all students at Excel Academy Charter School, 24% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 32% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Excel Academy Charter School lands at B-, ahead of 48% of Colorado public elementary schools.
A school with Excel Academy Charter School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 51.9%. Excel Academy Charter School scores 47.9%, 4.0 points below that line.
The school's county is Jefferson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $110,656 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 52% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Excel Academy Charter School shares Jefferson County with 167 other public schools.
Excel Academy Charter School's nearest public school is Sierra Elementary School (about 1.0 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Excel Academy Charter School. On state test proficiency, Excel Academy Charter School ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Excel Academy Charter School is Suburb: Large. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Enrollment was 445 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 529. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.1:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Excel Academy Charter School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,377
Census ACS
Median income
$110,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
74,739 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Chatfield High SchoolHigh · 1,808 students
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,735 students
- Columbine High SchoolHigh · 1,710 students
- Golden High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
Other schools in ARVADA
- Arvada West High SchoolHigh · 1,923 students
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Pomona Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Three Creeks K-8Elementary · 1,050 students
- Drake Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,002 students
- Lincoln Charter AcademyElementary · 824 students
Other Excel Academy Charter schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Excel Academy Charter. Excel Academy Charter School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Excel Academy Charter SchoolEast Boston, MA · 1,379 students
- Excel Academy CharterIrvine, CA · 1,069 students
- Excel Academy CharterIrvine, CA · 660 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra Elementary School1.0 mi · 493
- Meiklejohn Elementary1.2 mi · 521
- Ralston Valley Senior High School1.3 mi · 1,875
- Oberon Middle School1.5 mi · 704
- Van Arsdale Elementary School1.6 mi · 492
- Lincoln Charter Academy1.8 mi · 824
Frequently asked questions
About Excel Academy Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Excel Academy Charter School?
Excel Academy Charter School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Excel Academy Charter School serve?
Excel Academy Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Excel Academy Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Excel Academy Charter School is approximately 14.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Excel Academy Charter School?
Student demographics at Excel Academy Charter School are roughly 74% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Excel Academy Charter School?
Excel Academy Charter School is overseen by Jefferson County School District No. R-1 in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.