NCES CCD 2024-25 14 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Northglenn, CO

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

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14
Schools
8,530
Students
40.6/100
Avg Resource Index
15.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Northglenn has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Northglenn 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

Northglenn's list includes 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 5 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 16-point gap between Northglenn High School and Stem Lab shows the range hidden by Northglenn'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 24%
School count
Top 25%
Resource Index average
48th percentile
Teacher staffing
45th percentile

Northglenn High School accounts for 21.6% of all Northglenn public-school enrollment

That concentration means Northglenn-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Northglenn school enrollment varies 8.6× across entities

Northglenn school enrollment ranges from 215 students (lowest) to 1,844 students (highest), a spread of 1,629 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Northglenn student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — 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 Northglenn is typically wider than the Northglenn-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Northglenn High School 50
2. Vantage Point 50
3. Global Village Academy - North 49
4. Westview Elementary School 44
5. Hulstrom Options K-8 School 43
6. Malley Drive Elementary School 39
7. Hillcrest Elementary School 39
8. Silver Hills Middle School 38
9. Stukey Elementary School 38
10. North Mor Elementary School 38
11. The Studio School 36
12. Northglenn Middle School 35
13. Leroy Drive Elementary School 35
14. Stem Lab 34

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Northglenn

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 Hulstrom Options K-8 School 64.8/100
  2. 2 Stukey Elementary School 63.5/100
  3. 3 Stem Lab 58.8/100
  4. 4 Malley Drive Elementary School 58.5/100
  5. 5 The Studio School 57.0/100

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Which Northglenn school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Northglenn High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Northglenn schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Northglenn, CO? ▼

Northglenn has 14 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,530 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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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.