Stargate Charter School

Set in THORNTON, Colorado, Stargate Charter School is a big combined-grade school, one of the schools within Adams 12 Five Star Schools. It enrolls 1,572 students across grades K through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 523 students each, so Stargate Charter School sits 201% larger than that benchmark.

Within Adams 12 Five Star Schools, which oversees 54 schools and 34,466 students, Stargate Charter School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stargate Charter School records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 30% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 14.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Adams County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, Stargate Charter School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 60.4%; Stargate Charter School posts 76.3%, +15.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Adams County put median household income runs about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), Stargate Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Rocky Top Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Stargate Charter School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site. Stargate Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 20%: 1,307 students in 2018 compared to 1,572 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 62% to 48%.

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