Prospect Ridge Academy

Set in BROOMFIELD, Colorado, Prospect Ridge Academy is a sizable K-12 campus, overseen by Adams 12 Five Star Schools. It works with 1,478 students across grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 183% above the state mean of about 523.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 34,466 students; Prospect Ridge Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Prospect Ridge Academy lists that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 15% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at school resources, Prospect Ridge Academy lists 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Prospect Ridge Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Broomfield County (around 24%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Prospect Ridge Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.2%, the actual is 57.6%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Broomfield County indicate the typical household earns roughly $123,874 per year, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Prospect Ridge Academy is one of 16 public schools in Broomfield County (combined enrollment of about 11,844 students).

The closest other public school is Black Rock Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Prospect Ridge Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.4%.

Prospect Ridge Academy operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, Prospect Ridge Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Prospect Ridge Academy has expanded 8%, going from 1,373 students in 2018 to 1,478 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 79% to 64%.

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