James Madison STEAM Academy

James Madison STEAM Academy is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in GREELEY, Colorado, part of GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta, teacheing 768 students in grades pre-K through 7. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so James Madison STEAM Academy sits 103% above that benchmark.

GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 22,917 students. James Madison STEAM Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, James Madison STEAM Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 13% White, 4% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Weld County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting James Madison STEAM Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 85% of students at James Madison STEAM Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Weld County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, James Madison STEAM Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 15.2%; this one delivers 14.8%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Weld County put the typical household earns roughly $97,097 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which James Madison STEAM Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Maplewood Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, James Madison STEAM Academy comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 17.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 53%: 502 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment decreased from 86% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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