Jefferson Academy

Jefferson Academy operates as an intimate unified-grade school in BROOMFIELD, Colorado, one of the schools within Jefferson County School District No. R-1. Current enrollment sits at 331 students spanning grades K through 12. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 523 students.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Jefferson Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Jefferson Academy lists that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest looks like 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Broomfield County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Jefferson Academy has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Broomfield County (around 24%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.3%, the actual is 50.8%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Broomfield County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $123,874 per year, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Broomfield County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,844 students), of which Jefferson Academy is one.

Jefferson Academy Secondary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jefferson Academy ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 46.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, Jefferson Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Jefferson Academy's enrollment has contracted 60% since 2018, when it stood at 825 (now 331). Class-load math has narrowed: from 33.9:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 in 2024.

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