North Star Elementary School

North Star Elementary School is an elementary school of cozy scale in DENVER, Colorado, run under Adams 12 Five Star Schools, educateing 320 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 34,466 students; North Star Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Star Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 10% White, 5% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, North Star Elementary School lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at North Star Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Star Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.4%; this one delivers 13.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate median household income runs about $94,571, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. North Star Elementary School is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

Nearest neighbor: The Pinnacle Charter School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Star Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 17.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. North Star Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 320). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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