John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy
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Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy
As a mid-sized primary school in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy teaches 354 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Westminster Public Schools.
Westminster Public Schools comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 7,724 students; John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy is among them.
On the student-mix side, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 20% White, 7% Asian. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Adams County's rate of about 62%.
After controlling for student poverty, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.6%; this one delivers 24.8%.
In the broader community, Adams County reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy is one.
Nearest neighbor: Shaw Heights Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 29%: 274 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.
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