Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering

Set in GREELEY, Colorado, Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering is a sprawling elementary school, part of GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta. It serves 1,127 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 197% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within GreeleySchool District No. 6 in the county of Weld and Sta, which oversees 34 schools and 22,917 students, Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 37% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.0%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of +0.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Weld County shows median household income runs about $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Weld County runs 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), of which Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering is one.

West Ridge Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.