Glacier Peak Elementary School

Glacier Peak Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in BRIGHTON, Colorado, one of the schools within Adams 12 Five Star Schools. The school works with 412 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 54 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools (34,466 students total), Glacier Peak Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Glacier Peak Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 41% White, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Adams County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, Glacier Peak Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.

Zooming out to the county, Adams County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,571, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Glacier Peak Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Shadow Ridge Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Glacier Peak Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Glacier Peak Elementary School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 471 (now 412). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 52% to 41%. Class-load math has fell: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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