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Golden High School

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

TractSignal score
74/100
durable school quality, upward momentum · high confidence
Enrollment
1,458
Enrollment has increased 3% over the available history.
FRL Share
17.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
657.9
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Golden High School

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Academic Quality

71

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

78

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

62

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

66

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 48 · Colorado 48
74 48
2 Academic average
Peer 615.2 · Colorado 615.2
657.9 615.2
3 ELA
Peer 735.7 · Colorado 735.7
751.2 735.7
4 Math
Peer 460.4 · Colorado 460.4
481 460.4
5 Science
Peer 705 · Colorado 705
741.4 705
6 Enrollment
Peer 621 · Colorado 621
1,458 621
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Golden 1.2 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
1.2 / 1k 1.2 / 1k
2 Market rent
Golden $2,295 · Colorado $1,977
$2,092 $2,295
3 Home price
Golden $844,660 · Colorado $556,199
$837,759 $844,660
4 Poverty rate
Golden 8.4% · Colorado 10.1%
12.3% 8.4%
5 Median income
Golden $120,982 · Colorado $101,131
$88,665 $120,982
6 Renter share
Golden 34.9% · Colorado 32.6%
63.2% 34.9%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Golden High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 657.9, with ELA at 751.2, Math at 481, and Science at 741.4. Against Colorado high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 71/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 3% over the available history. ELA has moved up 3.5 points over the available history. Math has moved down 6.9 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 78/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Golden High School currently serves about 1,458 students. FRL share sits near 17.8%, 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 010001 carries violent crime around 1.2 / 1k, market rent near $2,092, median income near $88,665, and home-price context near $837,759. 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 80401 where rent context currently sits near $2,092 and home-price context near $837,759. Nearby violent crime has moved down 40% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Golden High School currently reads as durable school quality, upward momentum. The total TractSignal school score is 74/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.