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Centaurus High School

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

TractSignal score
78/100
strong current academics, durable school quality · high confidence
Enrollment
1,571
Enrollment has increased 3% over the available history.
FRL Share
30.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
658.7
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Centaurus High School

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Academic Quality

77

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

81

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

74

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

61

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 48 · Colorado 48
78 48
2 Academic average
Peer 615.2 · Colorado 615.2
658.7 615.2
3 ELA
Peer 735.7 · Colorado 735.7
723.5 735.7
4 Math
Peer 460.4 · Colorado 460.4
498.9 460.4
5 Science
Peer 705 · Colorado 705
753.7 705
6 Enrollment
Peer 621 · Colorado 621
1,571 621
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Lafayette 2.6 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.6 / 1k 2.6 / 1k
2 Market rent
Lafayette $2,146 · Colorado $1,977
$2,146 $2,146
3 Home price
Lafayette $674,754 · Colorado $556,199
$674,671 $674,754
4 Poverty rate
Lafayette 6.9% · Colorado 10.1%
10.2% 6.9%
5 Median income
Lafayette $94,677 · Colorado $101,131
$65,968 $94,677
6 Renter share
Lafayette 40.5% · Colorado 32.6%
49.4% 40.5%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Centaurus High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 658.7, with ELA at 723.5, Math at 498.9, and Science at 753.7. Against Colorado high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 77/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 3% over the available history. ELA has moved down 15.1 points over the available history. Math has moved up 13.4 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 81/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Centaurus High School currently serves about 1,571 students. FRL share sits near 30.6%, 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 060802 carries violent crime around 2.6 / 1k, market rent near $2,146, median income near $65,968, and home-price context near $674,671. 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 80026 where rent context currently sits near $2,146 and home-price context near $674,671. Nearby violent crime has moved down 19% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Centaurus High School currently reads as strong current academics, durable school quality. The total TractSignal school score is 78/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.