Mountain Phoenix Community School

Mountain Phoenix Community School is one of the medium-sized K-5 schools in WHEATRIDGE, Colorado, operated by Jefferson County School District No. R-1, with 533 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 41% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Jefferson County School District No. R-1 runs 148 schools in total, collectively educating 74,935 students. Mountain Phoenix Community School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mountain Phoenix Community School shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Jefferson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Mountain Phoenix Community School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of -7.9 points.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $110,656 per year, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Jefferson County's 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), Mountain Phoenix Community School is one campus in the mix.

Compass Montessori - Wheat Ridge Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mountain Phoenix Community School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site. Mountain Phoenix Community School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain Phoenix Community School has decreased 11%, going from 596 students in 2018 to 533 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 81% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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