Fort Logan Northgate

Fort Logan Northgate is an intimate intermediate school in DENVER, Colorado, operated by Sheridan School District No. 2. The school teaches 338 students in grades 3 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so Fort Logan Northgate sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Fort Logan Northgate is one of 5 schools operated by Sheridan School District No. 2, a district that teaches 1,018 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Fort Logan Northgate logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Fort Logan Northgate has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Fort Logan Northgate higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at Fort Logan Northgate qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Arapahoe County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fort Logan Northgate tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 14.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 11.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Arapahoe County put median household earnings sit near $101,087, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Arapahoe County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 115,502 students), of which Fort Logan Northgate is one.

Sheridan High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fort Logan Northgate at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 25.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 40%: 559 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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