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Enrollment
768
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREELEY-EVANS SCHOOL DISTRICT 6·NCES 080441000646
James Madison STEAM Academy
500 24TH AVENUE, GREELEY, CO 80634 · (970) 348-1700 · Weld County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
653 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 66 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 30% larger than its 7th grade class (69).
Student demographics
39%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
18.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
Math
10.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.9% | 10.9% |
| 2023-24 | 17.0% | 12.6% |
% 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
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 →
Schools most like James Madison STEAM Academy
James Madison STEAM Academy's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Madison STEAM Academy this school | 768 | 85.0% | 14.8% |
| Gust Elementary School DENVER | 602 | 82.2% | 37.5% |
| Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy DENVER | 597 | 87.6% | 12.2% |
| STEM Launch THORNTON | 677 | 78.6% | 27.1% |
| Lasley Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 576 | 75.9% | 12.5% |
| Timberline PK-8 LONGMONT | 762 | 83.6% | 15.8% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where James Madison STEAM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #863 of 931 | #50 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #877 of 940 ▼ 38 | #52 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #843 of 946 ▲ 10 | #50 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #42 of 1,056 | #8 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #856 of 896 | #50 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #703 of 896 | #50 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.0% | #104 of 983 | #2 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.0% | #13 of 200 | #2 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
768
+361 (+89%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 768 | 39.1 | 19.6:1 | 85% (653) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 30.2 | 19.1:1 | 89% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 25.1 | 16.3:1 | 89% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 90% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 31.1 | 16.1:1 | 92% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 94% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 93% (457) |
| 2000-01 | 619 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 79% (492) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James Madison STEAM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 53% (502 to 768); teachers up 26% (31.1 to 39.1).
About James Madison STEAM Academy
James Madison STEAM Academy is an elementary school with a street address in GREELEY, Colorado. School enrollment was 768 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 7. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
James Madison STEAM Academy is part of a district of 34 schools: Greeley-Evans School District 6, with 22,917 students.
A majority of students at James Madison STEAM Academy, 77%, are Hispanic. Next come 13% White, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. The county population is about 31% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at James Madison STEAM Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
Its 39.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, lower than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 85% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 47% average for public schools in Weld County is 38 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, James Madison STEAM Academy would score about 15.2%. It scores 14.8%, within a point of that figure.
In the county around the school, Weld County, median household income is about $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. James Madison STEAM Academy is among the 116 public schools in Weld County.
The closest public school to James Madison STEAM Academy is Maplewood Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. James Madison STEAM Academy comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
James Madison STEAM Academy is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
James Madison STEAM Academy reported 407 students in 2020-21 and 768 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The school's ratio rose from 14.5:1 to 19.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Frontier Charter AcademyCombined · 1,432 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
Other schools in GREELEY
- Greeley West High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- University SchoolsCombined · 1,784 students
- Greeley Central High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- Frontier Charter AcademyCombined · 1,432 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Tointon Academy of Pre-EngineeringElementary · 1,127 students
Nearby schools
- Maplewood Elementary School0.7 mi · 544
- Martinez Elementary School0.8 mi · 469
- Franklin Middle School0.9 mi · 367
- Scott Elementary School0.9 mi · 566
- Heath Middle School0.9 mi · 499
- Greeley Central High School1.2 mi · 1,507
Frequently asked questions
About James Madison STEAM AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at James Madison STEAM Academy?
James Madison STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 768 students in grades PK-07.
What age range does James Madison STEAM Academy serve?
James Madison STEAM Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 07.
How many teachers does James Madison STEAM Academy have?
James Madison STEAM Academy employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at James Madison STEAM Academy?
Student demographics at James Madison STEAM Academy are roughly 13% White, 77% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is James Madison STEAM Academy in?
James Madison STEAM Academy is part of Greeley-Evans School District 6.
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