New America School

New America School is an one-room-style secondary school in LAKEWOOD, Colorado, part of Jefferson County School District No. R-1. The school instructs 74 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Across the 148 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1 (74,935 students total), New America School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, New America School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Jefferson County's rate of about 32%.

In the area at large, Jefferson County reports that median household income runs about $110,656, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Jefferson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,739 students), of which New America School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Deane Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, New America School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at New America School has shrank 70%, going from 249 students in 2018 to 74 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 4% to 8% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the New America School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.