Knowledge Quest Academy

As a mid-tier K-5 school in MILLIKEN, Colorado, Knowledge Quest Academy enrolls 395 students from grades K through 8, operated by Weld County School District No. Re-5J.

Weld County School District No. Re-5J runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,049 students. Knowledge Quest Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Knowledge Quest Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Knowledge Quest Academy has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at Knowledge Quest Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Weld County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Knowledge Quest Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.3%; actual is 35.4%, a gap of -14.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Weld County put median household income runs about $97,097, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Knowledge Quest Academy is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

The closest other public school is CIVICA Colorado, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Knowledge Quest Academy. On composite proficiency, Knowledge Quest Academy comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. Knowledge Quest Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Knowledge Quest Academy's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 395). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Knowledge Quest Academy typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.