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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Westgate Community School this year?
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Enrollment
540
Combined
DISTRICT 1,024 · STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690006417
Westgate Community School
12500 WASHINGTON ST, THORNTON, CO 80241 · (303) 452-0967 · Adams County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
207 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 27 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 27 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 27 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 17 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 8th grade class (52).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
45.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
29.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.7% | 29.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 29.4% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
540
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
+154% since 2010-11, when it was 213
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 38% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 30 | 18.2:1 | 34% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 540 | 26.5 | 20.4:1 | 20% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 515 | 27 | 19.1:1 | 18% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 27.9 | 18.2:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 19% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | 1% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westgate Community School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (508 to 540); teachers down 3% (27.9 to 27).
About Westgate Community School
This page covers Westgate Community School, a medium-sized combined-grade school in THORNTON, Colorado. The latest federal count shows 540 students in kindergarten through 12.
Adams 12 Five Star Schools (54 schools, 34,466 students) runs Westgate Community School.
Roughly 52% of students at Westgate Community School are White. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 8% multiracial. That is close to the 55% White share among all Adams County residents. Westgate Community School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Westgate Community School's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 20.0:1. On average, combined schools in Colorado have 14.3:1, compared with 20.0:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 38%. The gap from the 62% average for public schools in Adams County is 24 points.
Westgate Community School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of Colorado public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.5% at Westgate Community School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 38.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Adams County show that the median household income is $94,571, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Besides Westgate Community School, Adams County has 170 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Pathways Future Center is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westgate Community School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Westgate Community School is 4th of 8 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Westgate Community School is one of the charter schools in Colorado.
Enrollment has grown by 25 students since 2020-21, to 540.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Westgate Community School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in THORNTON
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Thornton High SchoolHigh · 1,439 students
- Rocky Top Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,052 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
- York InternationalCombined · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Pathways Future Center0.4 mi · 386
- Century Middle School0.7 mi · 717
- Hunters Glen Elementary School0.9 mi · 491
- Mountain Range High School1.0 mi · 1,788
- Silver Hills Middle School1.0 mi · 965
- STEM Lab1.2 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Westgate Community SchoolHow large is Westgate Community School?
Westgate Community School enrolls approximately 540 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does Westgate Community School serve?
Westgate Community School serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Westgate Community School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Westgate Community School.
How diverse is Westgate Community School?
Westgate Community School reports a student body of 52% White, 27% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Westgate Community School in?
Westgate Community School is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.