Enrollment
258
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080723006675
Westminster Academy for International Studies
7482 IRVING STREET, WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 · (303) 428-2494 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL258 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
201 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (31).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Westminster Academy for International Studies→Westminster High School
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
35.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.5% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 25.7% |
% 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
31.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% 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 →
Schools most like Westminster Academy for International Studies
Westminster Academy for International Studies's state test result (31.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westminster Academy for International Studies this school | 258 | 77.9% | 31.5% |
| North Mor Elementary School NORTHGLENN | 304 | 79.3% | 17.3% |
| Centennial Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 293 | 76.1% | 19.2% |
| Harris Park Elementary School WESTMINSTER | 234 | 79.1% | 15.4% |
| Deane Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 341 | 80.1% | 11.6% |
| Metropolitan Arts Academy DENVER | 302 | 80.5% | 25.6% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westminster Academy for International Studies ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #556 of 931 | #24 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #721 of 940 ▼ 126 | #41 of 89 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #571 of 946 ▼ 58 | #24 of 89 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 258 | #814 of 1,056 | #85 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #267 of 896 | #7 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #685 of 896 | #59 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #173 of 983 | #39 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #585 of 664 | #52 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
258
-35 (-12%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 258 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 78% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 83% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 19.6 | 14.6:1 | 76% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 70% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 20.3 | 13.3:1 | 83% (224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westminster Academy for International Studies.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (270 to 258); teachers down 11% (20.3 to 18).
About Westminster Academy for International Studies
Westminster Academy for International Studies is a small elementary school in WESTMINSTER, Colorado. Federal data show 258 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Colorado enroll around 379, and this school is 32% below that mark.
Westminster Academy for International Studies falls under Westminster Public Schools, which has 18 schools enrolling 7,724 students.
The student body at Westminster Academy for International Studies is 76% Hispanic. The school is also 16% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 43%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
Its ratio of 14.3:1 is based on 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 78%. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 62%.
On the allk12 Grade, Westminster Academy for International Studies lands at B, ahead of 62% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 19.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Adams County show that median household income comes to about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Adams County counts 171 public schools with about 87,938 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Hidden Lake Secondary, is the closest to Westminster Academy for International Studies. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Westminster Academy for International Studies comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Westminster Academy for International Studies had a net loss of 35 students, or 12%. The school's ratio dropped from 15.4:1 to 14.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
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Other schools in Westminster Public Schools
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
- Josephine Hodgkins Leadership AcademyElementary · 597 students
- Orchard Park AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Sunset Ridge PK-8Elementary · 449 students
- Colorado Sports Leadership AcademyElementary · 425 students
- Colorado STEM AcademyElementary · 415 students
Other schools in WESTMINSTER
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
- Academy of Charter SchoolsCombined · 1,887 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Standley Lake High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 933 students
- Colorado Preparatory Academy High SchoolHigh · 823 students
Nearby schools
- Hidden Lake Secondary0.3 mi · 340
- Colorado STEM Academy0.3 mi · 415
- Fairview PK-80.7 mi · 397
- Early Learning Center at Gregory Hill0.7 mi · 137
- Orchard Park Academy0.7 mi · 531
- Harris Park Elementary School0.9 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Westminster Academy for International StudiesHow large is Westminster Academy for International Studies?
Westminster Academy for International Studies enrolls approximately 258 students in grades PK-08.
Is Westminster Academy for International Studies an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westminster Academy for International Studies is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Westminster Academy for International Studies have?
Westminster Academy for International Studies employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Westminster Academy for International Studies?
At Westminster Academy for International Studies, the student body is approximately 16% White, 76% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Westminster Academy for International Studies public or private?
Westminster Academy for International Studies is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westminster Public Schools.
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