Monterey Community School

Monterey Community School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, overseen by Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St. Current enrollment sits at 440 students spanning grades K through 8.

Within Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St, which oversees 20 schools and 7,095 students, Monterey Community School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Monterey Community School reports that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 12% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Monterey Community School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Monterey Community School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 19.0%; this one delivers 18.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Adams County shows median household earnings sit near $94,571, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Monterey Community School is one.

The closest other public school is Academy High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Monterey Community School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 15.2%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Monterey Community School's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 440).

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