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West High School

West High School school profile in Denver, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
29/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
520
Enrollment has declined 18% over the available history.
FRL Share
94.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
601.3
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives West High School

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Academic Quality

23

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

29

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

30

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

43

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Denver and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 45 · Colorado 48
29 45
2 Academic average
Peer 591.9 · Colorado 615.2
601.3 591.9
3 ELA
Peer 733.7 · Colorado 735.7
724.2 733.7
4 Math
Peer 444.3 · Colorado 460.4
360.3 444.3
5 Science
Peer 682.1 · Colorado 705
719.3 682.1
6 Enrollment
Peer 493 · Colorado 621
520 493
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Denver 9.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
40.0 / 1k 9.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Denver $1,969 · Colorado $1,977
$1,918 $1,969
3 Home price
Denver $548,862 · Colorado $556,199
$526,424 $548,862
4 Poverty rate
Denver 11% · Colorado 10.1%
16.9% 11%
5 Median income
Denver $103,391 · Colorado $101,131
$86,484 $103,391
6 Renter share
Denver 42.3% · Colorado 32.6%
60.6% 42.3%
Research notes

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Academic picture

West High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 601.3, with ELA at 724.2, Math at 360.3, and Science at 719.3. Against Denver high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 23/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 18% over the available history. ELA has moved up 15.4 points over the available history. Math has moved down 231.2 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 29/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

West High School currently serves about 520 students. FRL share sits near 94.4%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 001800 carries violent crime around 40.0 / 1k, market rent near $1,918, median income near $86,484, and home-price context near $526,424. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 80204 where rent context currently sits near $1,918 and home-price context near $526,424. Nearby violent crime has moved down 8% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

West High School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 29/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.