Firestone Charter Academy

Firestone Charter Academy is an elementary campus of big scale in FIRESTONE, Colorado, one of the schools within St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, works with 600 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Firestone Charter Academy sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 31,607 students. Firestone Charter Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Firestone Charter Academy logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 21% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. Compared to Weld County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Firestone Charter Academy has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Firestone Charter Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.2%; actual is 40.9%, a gap of -12.3 points.

Around the school, Weld County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,097 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Firestone Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coal Ridge Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Firestone Charter Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 34.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Firestone Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Firestone Charter Academy's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 559 (now 600). White enrollment moved from 81% to 71% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Firestone Charter Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.