Elementary school profileUnited States/Colorado/Golden/Schools/Shelton Elementary School

Shelton Elementary School

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

TractSignal score
70/100
durable school quality, supportive local context · high confidence
Enrollment
391
Enrollment has increased 5% over the available history.
FRL Share
34.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
748.9
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Shelton Elementary School

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Academic Quality

66

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

76

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

50

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 69 · Colorado 50
70 69
2 Academic average
Peer 751.9 · Colorado 737.4
748.9 751.9
3 ELA
Peer 761.5 · Colorado 741
752.4 761.5
4 Math
Peer 755.1 · Colorado 736.9
748.2 755.1
5 Science
Peer 739.1 · Colorado 734.5
746 739.1
6 Enrollment
Peer 375 · Colorado 394
391 375
#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
$2,104 $2,295
3 Home price
Golden $844,660 · Colorado $556,199
$838,232 $844,660
4 Poverty rate
Golden 8.4% · Colorado 10.1%
6.9% 8.4%
5 Median income
Golden $120,982 · Colorado $101,131
$164,385 $120,982
6 Renter share
Golden 34.9% · Colorado 32.6%
11.7% 34.9%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Shelton Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 748.9, with ELA at 752.4, Math at 748.2, and Science at 746. Against Golden elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 66/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 5% over the available history. ELA has moved down 1.9 points over the available history. Math has moved up 5.5 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 76/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Shelton Elementary School currently serves about 391 students. FRL share sits near 34.9%, 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 009855 carries violent crime around 1.2 / 1k, market rent near $2,104, median income near $164,385, and home-price context near $838,232. 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 $2,104 and home-price context near $838,232. Nearby violent crime has moved down 40% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Shelton Elementary School currently reads as durable school quality, supportive local context. The total TractSignal school score is 70/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.