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What do students at Prospect Ridge Academy actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
1,478
Combined
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690006507
Prospect Ridge Academy
2555 PREBLE CREEK PKWY, BROOMFIELD, CO 80023 · (720) 399-0300 · Broomfield County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL1,478 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
87 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 125 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 127 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 130 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 119 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 129 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 109 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (127).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
57.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
55.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.8% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 62.5% | 50.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,478
+44 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 19.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,478 | 77.2 | 19.1:1 | 6% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 1,457 | 72.5 | 20.1:1 | 8% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 1,453 | 72.8 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,434 | 74 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,373 | 71.9 | 19.1:1 | 1% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 1,153 | 58 | 19.9:1 | 1% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prospect Ridge Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (1,373 to 1,478); teachers up 7% (71.9 to 77.2).
About Prospect Ridge Academy
The public combined-grade school Prospect Ridge Academy is located in BROOMFIELD, Colorado. It enrolled 1,478 students in kindergarten through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 183% higher than the average for combined schools in Colorado, which is about 523.
Adams 12 Five Star Schools counts 34,466 students in its 54 schools, and Prospect Ridge Academy is one of them.
White students make up a majority at Prospect Ridge Academy, at 64%. Smaller groups are 15% Asian, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Broomfield County is roughly 76% White. Prospect Ridge Academy's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at Prospect Ridge Academy total 77.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 19.1:1. That is 4.8 students per teacher above the 14.3:1 average for combined schools in Colorado. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 6%. That is 18 points below the 24% average for public schools in Broomfield County.
allk12 grades Prospect Ridge Academy an A-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
Prospect Ridge Academy posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.6%, compared with a predicted 63.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Broomfield County has about 76,304 residents, and the median household income is $123,874, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. In all, Broomfield County has 16 public schools and roughly 11,844 students.
The nearest public school is Black Rock Elementary, at about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Prospect Ridge Academy ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when Prospect Ridge Academy had 1,434 students, to 2024-25, when it had 1,478.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Broomfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,304
Census ACS
Median income
$123,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
11,844 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Thornton High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
Other schools in BROOMFIELD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 853 students
- Aspen Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Jefferson Academy ElementaryElementary · 737 students
- Thunder Vista P-8Elementary · 725 students
Nearby schools
- Black Rock Elementary0.8 mi · 597
- Thunder Vista P-80.9 mi · 725
- Meridian Elementary School2.7 mi · 525
- Highlands Elementary School3.2 mi · 528
- Stargate Charter School3.2 mi · 1,572
- Peak to Peak Charter School3.2 mi · 1,447
Frequently asked questions
About Prospect Ridge AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Prospect Ridge Academy?
Prospect Ridge Academy enrolls approximately 1,478 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Prospect Ridge Academy serve?
Prospect Ridge Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prospect Ridge Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prospect Ridge Academy is approximately 19.1:1 (77 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Prospect Ridge Academy?
Student demographics at Prospect Ridge Academy are roughly 64% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 15% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Prospect Ridge Academy public or private?
Prospect Ridge Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.