Pete Mirich Elementary School

As a reasonably sized primary school in LASALLE, Colorado, Pete Mirich Elementary School enrolls 358 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1.

Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,727 students; Pete Mirich Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Pete Mirich Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 39% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Weld County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Pete Mirich Elementary School lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 57% of students at Pete Mirich Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Weld County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pete Mirich Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Weld County) records that median household earnings sit near $97,097, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pete Mirich Elementary School is one of 116 public schools in Weld County (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Valley Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pete Mirich Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pete Mirich Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.3%.

Pete Mirich Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pete Mirich Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 358). The White share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 39% over that span.

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