Metropolitan Arts Academy

Metropolitan Arts Academy operates as an intimate elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, overseen by Westminster Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 302 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 20% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within Westminster Public Schools, which oversees 18 schools and 7,724 students, Metropolitan Arts Academy is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Metropolitan Arts Academy shows that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 8% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Metropolitan Arts Academy has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Metropolitan Arts Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Metropolitan Arts Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.9%; this one delivers 25.6%.

Around the school, census data for Adams County shows median household earnings sit near $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Metropolitan Arts Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fairview PK-8, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Metropolitan Arts Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Metropolitan Arts Academy at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 22.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Metropolitan Arts Academy has declined 5%, going from 317 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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