NCES CCD 2024-25 23 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Commerce City, CO

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23 public K-12 schools in Commerce City from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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23
Schools
10,905
Students
37/100
Avg Resource Index
20.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Commerce City has more public-school enrollment than 82% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Commerce City sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

12 of Commerce City's 23 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 70-point gap between Adams City Middle School and Southlawn Elementary School shows the range hidden by Commerce City's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 18%
School count
Top 12%
Resource Index average
33rd percentile
Teacher staffing
12th percentile

Commerce City school enrollment varies 45× across entities

Commerce City school enrollment ranges from 33 students (lowest) to 1,500 students (highest), a spread of 1,467 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Commerce City student-teacher ratio is 20.8:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

5 of Commerce City's 23 listed schools are charters

22% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Adams City Middle School 70
2. Victory Preparatory Academy High State Charter Sch 62
3. Kearney Middle School 61
4. Mildred L Sanville Preschool 55
5. Lester R Arnold High School 53
6. Victory Preparatory Academy Middle State Charter S 49
7. Hanson Elementary School 48
8. Stars Early Learning Center 45
9. The Stead School 43
10. Rose Hill Elementary School 39
11. Monaco Elementary School 33
12. Kemp Elementary School 32
13. Adams City High School 31
14. Central Elementary School 31
15. Reunion Elementary School 28
16. Alsup Elementary School 27
17. Dupont Elementary School 27
18. Otho E Stuart Middle School 26
19. Landmark Academy at Reunion 24
20. Turnberry Elementary 24
21. Second Creek Elementary School 24
22. Community Leadership Academy 19
23. Southlawn Elementary School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Commerce City

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Southlawn Elementary School 64.3/100
  2. 2 Landmark Academy at Reunion 63.7/100
  3. 3 Reunion Elementary School 63.3/100
  4. 4 Second Creek Elementary School 60.7/100
  5. 5 Turnberry Elementary 59.6/100

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Which Commerce City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Adams City Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Commerce City schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Commerce City, CO? ▼

Commerce City has 23 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,905 students. 5 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.