Spark! Discovery Preschool

Among the schools in FREDERICK, Colorado, is Spark! Discovery Preschool, a low-enrollment elementary school. Federal data show 274 students enrolled in pre-K in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.

Spark! Discovery Preschool is run by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, whose 54 schools enroll 31,607 students.

The largest racial or ethnic group at Spark! Discovery Preschool is White, with 49% of students. The next largest groups are 41% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's White share is 24 points below the 73% share among Weld County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.

Based on 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, Spark! Discovery Preschool has a ratio of 27.4:1. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 16.6:1. Income data for the school show 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Weld County is 47%.

In the wider Weld County area, the median household earns about $97,097 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Spark! Discovery Preschool shares Weld County with 115 other public schools.

Measured in a straight line, Thunder Valley PK-8 is about 0.1 miles from Spark! Discovery Preschool. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's federal locale classification is Town: Fringe.

Federal data put enrollment at 183 in 2020-21 and 274 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 27.4:1, from 22.9:1.

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