Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAPLETON PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080555002031
Meadow Community School
9150 MONROE ST, THORNTON, CO 80229 · (303) 853-1500 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
283 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (45).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
19.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
8.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.0pp 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 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.4% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 6.8% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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%.
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 Meadow Community School
Meadow Community School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Community School this school | 378 | 74.9% | 16.5% |
| Achieve Academy THORNTON | 370 | 75.7% | 19.6% |
| Shawsheen Elementary School GREELEY | 405 | 76.0% | 14.3% |
| Leroy Elementary NORTHGLENN | 435 | 78.9% | 16.8% |
| John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy WESTMINSTER | 354 | 76.0% | 24.8% |
| North Mor Elementary School NORTHGLENN | 304 | 79.3% | 17.3% |
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 Meadow Community School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #831 of 931 | #66 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #901 of 940 ▲ 10 | #76 of 89 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #838 of 946 ▼ 30 | #68 of 89 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #484 of 1,056 | #61 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #679 of 896 | #53 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.5% | #670 of 896 | #57 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.9% | #218 of 983 | #45 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #196 of 664 | #19 of 63 |
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
378
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 421
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | 75% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 375 | 19 | 19.7:1 | 83% (311) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 18.1 | 20.7:1 | 72% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 74% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 25.5 | 19.7:1 | 71% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 67% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 76% (321) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow Community School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (503 to 378); teachers down 14% (25.5 to 22).
About Meadow Community School
Meadow Community School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in THORNTON, Colorado. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 378 students.
Meadow Community School reports to Mapleton Public Schools, which has 20 schools and 7,095 students.
Federal enrollment data show Meadow Community School is 76% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 13% White, 6% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 43% share among Adams County residents. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at Meadow Community School are from different groups.
Based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, Meadow Community School has a ratio of 17.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Meadow Community School counts 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Adams County is 62%.
On the allk12 Grade, Meadow Community School lands at D, ahead of 6% of Colorado public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Meadow Community School is 4.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Colorado schools.
Census data for Adams County show median household income comes to about $94,571, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 171 public schools and about 87,938 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Mapleton Early Career Preparation, is about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Meadow Community School is 4th among 6 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Meadow Community School enrolled 406 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 378. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.2:1.
People who know Meadow Community School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mapleton Public Schools
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
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- Trailside AcademyElementary · 492 students
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- Clayton Partnership SchoolElementary · 430 students
- Adventure ElementaryElementary · 429 students
Other schools in THORNTON
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Thornton High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
- Rocky Top Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,052 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Mapleton Early Career Preparation0.7 mi · 306
- Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts0.7 mi · 393
- Preschool on Poze0.8 mi · 193
- North Valley School for Young Adults0.8 mi · 102
- Clayton Partnership School0.8 mi · 430
- Academy High School0.8 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Meadow Community SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Meadow Community School?
Meadow Community School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Meadow Community School serve?
Meadow Community School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Meadow Community School have?
Meadow Community School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Meadow Community School?
Student demographics at Meadow Community School are roughly 13% White, 76% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Meadow Community School in?
Meadow Community School is part of Mapleton Public Schools.
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