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What's one thing Frontier Charter Academy gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,432
Combined
DISTRICT 1,158 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREELEY-EVANS SCHOOL DISTRICT 6·NCES 080441001614
Frontier Charter Academy
2560 WEST 29TH STREET, GREELEY, CO 80631 · (970) 330-1780 · Weld County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,432 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- B-Test 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
591 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 120 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 117 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 114 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 112 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 94 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 101 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 7% larger than its 8th grade class (112).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
43.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 32.2% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,432
-238 (-14%) vs 2020
+175% since 2000-01, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 26.5:1
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 | 1,432 | 68.7 | 20.8:1 | 41% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 1,426 | 62.5 | 22.8:1 | 44% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 1,423 | 62.8 | 22.7:1 | 30% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 1,670 | 63 | 26.5:1 | 24% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 1,624 | 56.2 | 28.9:1 | 19% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 1,597 | 65 | 24.6:1 | 20% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 1,266 | 52 | 24.4:1 | 16% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 25% (132) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Frontier Charter Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,624 to 1,432); teachers up 22% (56.2 to 68.7).
About Frontier Charter Academy
As a large school serving multiple grade levels, Frontier Charter Academy serves students in GREELEY, Colorado. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 12, with 1,432 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 523 students for combined schools in Colorado.
Frontier Charter Academy is part of a district of 34 schools: Greeley-Evans School District 6, with 22,917 students.
Federal enrollment data show Frontier Charter Academy is 56% White. Other groups include 37% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 73% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 68.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 20.8 students per teacher. Across combined schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 14.3:1. Frontier Charter Academy has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 41%.
Among Colorado public K-12 schools, Frontier Charter Academy outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Frontier Charter Academy lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.5%; the prediction is 41.7%.
The school is in Weld County, where the median household earns about $97,097 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Frontier Charter Academy shares Weld County with 115 other public schools.
Frontier Charter Academy is about 0.4 miles from Brentwood Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Frontier Charter Academy is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
A 14% decline took enrollment from 1,670 in 2020-21 to 1,432 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.8:1) than in 2020-21 (26.5:1).
This page is set up for the Frontier Charter Academy community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Greeley-Evans School District 6
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
- S. Christa McAuliffe STEM AcademyElementary · 932 students
Other schools in GREELEY
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
- S. Christa McAuliffe STEM AcademyElementary · 932 students
Other Frontier Charter Academy schools
One other US public school is named Frontier Charter Academy. Frontier Charter Academy is the largest of the 2.
- Frontier Charter AcademyGervais, OR · 341 students
Nearby schools
- Brentwood Middle School0.4 mi · 564
- Jackson Elementary School0.7 mi · 508
- Dos Rios Elementary School0.8 mi · 499
- Meeker Elementary School0.8 mi · 475
- Chappelow K-8 Magnet School0.9 mi · 693
- Greeley West High School1.0 mi · 1,936
Frequently asked questions
About Frontier Charter AcademyHow many students attend Frontier Charter Academy?
Frontier Charter Academy enrolls approximately 1,432 students in grades KG-12.
Is Frontier Charter Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Frontier Charter Academy is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
How many students per teacher at Frontier Charter Academy?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Frontier Charter Academy.
How diverse is Frontier Charter Academy?
Frontier Charter Academy reports a student body of 56% White, 37% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Frontier Charter Academy?
Frontier Charter Academy is overseen by Greeley-Evans School District 6 in Weld County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.