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Sterling High School

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

TractSignal score
43/100
higher local pressure · high confidence
Enrollment
441
Enrollment has increased 2% over the available history.
FRL Share
46.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
625.0
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Sterling High School

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Academic Quality

40

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

57

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

47

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 Sterling and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 48 · Colorado 48
43 48
2 Academic average
Peer 615.2 · Colorado 615.2
625.0 615.2
3 ELA
Peer 735.7 · Colorado 735.7
736.7 735.7
4 Math
Peer 460.4 · Colorado 460.4
400.6 460.4
5 Science
Peer 705 · Colorado 705
737.7 705
6 Enrollment
Peer 621 · Colorado 621
441 621
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Sterling 3.7 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
3.7 / 1k 3.7 / 1k
2 Market rent
Sterling $1,165 · Colorado $1,977
$1,165 $1,165
3 Home price
Sterling $245,633 · Colorado $556,199
$245,353 $245,633
4 Poverty rate
Sterling 23.5% · Colorado 10.1%
26% 23.5%
5 Median income
Sterling $42,096 · Colorado $101,131
$38,130 $42,096
6 Renter share
Sterling 46.5% · Colorado 32.6%
49.2% 46.5%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Sterling High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 625.0, with ELA at 736.7, Math at 400.6, and Science at 737.7. Against Colorado high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 40/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 2% over the available history. ELA has moved down 5.5 points over the available history. Math has moved down 49.8 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 57/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Sterling High School currently serves about 441 students. FRL share sits near 46.9%, 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 966102 carries violent crime around 3.7 / 1k, market rent near $1,165, median income near $38,130, and home-price context near $245,353. 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 80751 where rent context currently sits near $1,165 and home-price context near $245,353. Nearby violent crime has moved down 7% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Sterling High School currently reads as higher local pressure. The total TractSignal school score is 43/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.