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La Junta Intermediate School

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

TractSignal score
35/100
upward momentum with thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
370
Enrollment has declined 9% over the available history.
FRL Share
76.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
719.8
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives La Junta Intermediate School

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Academic Quality

25

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

39

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

77

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 50 · Colorado 50
35 50
2 Academic average
Peer 737.4 · Colorado 737.4
719.8 737.4
3 ELA
Peer 741 · Colorado 741
726.6 741
4 Math
Peer 736.9 · Colorado 736.9
714.8 736.9
5 Science
Peer 734.5 · Colorado 734.5
718 734.5
6 Enrollment
Peer 394 · Colorado 394
370 394
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
La Junta 4.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
4.6 / 1k 4.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
La Junta $1,824 · Colorado $1,977
$1,824 $1,824
3 Home price
La Junta $216,832 · Colorado $556,199
$216,832 $216,832
4 Poverty rate
La Junta 26.3% · Colorado 10.1%
27.9% 26.3%
5 Median income
La Junta $54,727 · Colorado $101,131
$53,906 $54,727
6 Renter share
La Junta 31% · Colorado 32.6%
33.6% 31%
Research notes

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Academic picture

La Junta Intermediate School currently posts a blended academic reading around 719.8, with ELA at 726.6, Math at 714.8, and Science at 718. Against Colorado elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 25/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 9% over the available history. ELA has moved up 4.8 points over the available history. Math has moved up 10.2 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 39/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

La Junta Intermediate School currently serves about 370 students. FRL share sits near 76.8%, 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 968600 carries violent crime around 4.6 / 1k, market rent near $1,824, median income near $53,906, and home-price context near $216,832. 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 81001 where rent context currently sits near $1,824 and home-price context near $216,832. Nearby violent crime has moved down 26% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

La Junta Intermediate School currently reads as upward momentum with thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 35/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.