Northeast Elementary School

Northeast Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in BRIGHTON, Colorado, overseen by School District 27J, teacheing 470 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Northeast Elementary School is one of 33 schools operated by School District 27J, a district that works with 24,044 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Northeast Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Beyond that, the school logs 12% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

Looking at school resources, Northeast Elementary School shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northeast Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.6%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Adams County put 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%. Northeast Elementary School is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

The closest other public school is Overland Trail Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 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), Northeast Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.1%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Northeast Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 623 (now 470). Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 84% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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