The STEAD School

Set in COMMERCE CITY, Colorado, The STEAD School is a low-enrollment four-year high school, one of the schools within School District 27J. It educates 421 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

The STEAD School is one of 33 schools operated by School District 27J, a district that caters to 24,044 students overall.

In terms of who attends, The STEAD School records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting The STEAD School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Adams County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, The STEAD School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 52.6%; this one comes in at 29.1%, -23.5 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Adams County indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Adams County's 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), The STEAD School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Reunion Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The STEAD School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The STEAD School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 26.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. The STEAD School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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