NCES CCD 2024-25 31 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Greeley, CO

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

31
Schools
19,995
Students
43.7/100
Avg Resource Index
17.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Greeley has more public-school enrollment than 92% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Greeley 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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Greeley's list includes 12 elementary, 3 middle, and 6 high-school campuses, plus 10 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 70-point gap between Fred Tjardes School of Innovation and Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering shows the range hidden by Greeley'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 8%
School count
Top 8%
Resource Index average
64th percentile
Teacher staffing
30th percentile

Greeley school enrollment varies 138× across entities

Greeley school enrollment ranges from 14 students (lowest) to 1,936 students (highest), a spread of 1,922 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Greeley reports 51.3% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Greeley student-teacher ratio is 17.4:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Greeley is typically wider than the Greeley-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

5 of Greeley's 31 listed schools are charters

16% 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. Fred Tjardes School of Innovation 70
2. District 6 Online Academy 68
3. Franklin Middle School 64
4. Heath Middle School 61
5. Jefferson Junior/Senior High 60
6. Platte Valley Youth Services Center 59
7. West Ridge Academy 58
8. Early College Academy 57
9. Brentwood Middle School 54
10. Martinez Elementary School 53
11. Salida Del Sol Academy 50
12. Union Colony Preparatory School 49
13. Jackson Elementary School 47
14. Ecc Aims District 6 Preschool 45
15. Greeley Central High School 44
16. Northridge High School 44
17. Frontier Charter Academy 42
18. Monfort Elementary School 42
19. University Schools 40
20. Greeley West High School 37
21. Maplewood Elementary School 36
22. S. Christa Mcauliffe Stem Academy 35
23. Meeker Elementary School 35
24. Shawsheen Elementary School 35
25. Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology 34
26. Scott Elementary School 31
27. Winograd K-8 Elementary School 30
28. Innovative Connections High School 28
29. Centennial Boces High School 24
30. Madison Elementary School 23
31. Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Greeley

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 Jackson Elementary School 62.9/100
  2. 2 Tointon Academy of Pre-Engineering 57.5/100
  3. 3 Fred Tjardes School of Innovation 56.4/100
  4. 4 Monfort Elementary School 56.3/100
  5. 5 S. Christa Mcauliffe Stem Academy 56.2/100

What do families ask about schools in Greeley?

Which Greeley school has the highest Resource Investment Index?

Fred Tjardes School of Innovation has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Greeley 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 Greeley, CO?

Greeley has 31 public schools with a total enrollment of 19,995 students. 5 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.4:1.

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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.