Meadow Community School

Meadow Community School is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in THORNTON, Colorado, part of Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St, with 378 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Meadow Community School is one of 20 schools operated by Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St, a district that instructs 7,095 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Meadow Community School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school logs 13% White, 6% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Meadow Community School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.3%, the actual is 16.5%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate median household income runs about $94,571, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Meadow Community School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Mapleton Early Career Preparation, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meadow Community School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadow Community School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 17.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Meadow Community School's enrollment has declined 25% since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 378). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.