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Westminster High School
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BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Westminster High School
Located at 6933 RALEIGH ST, in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, Westminster High School is a substantial senior high that enrolls 2,010 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Westminster Public Schools. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Westminster High School sits 221% bigger than that benchmark.
Westminster Public Schools runs 18 schools in total, collectively educating 7,724 students. Westminster High School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Westminster High School records that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 10% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.
On the resource side, The school reports having 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Westminster High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.0%, the actual is 11.3%, a residual of -5.6 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Adams County put the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Adams County runs 171 public schools (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students), of which Westminster High School is one.
The closest other public school is Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Westminster High School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 20.8%.
Westminster High School operates from an outer-ring location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 2,376 students in 2018 compared to 2,010 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 78% to 83%. Class-load math has rose: from 21.9:1 in 2018 to 23.5:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Westminster High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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