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McElwain Elementary School

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

TractSignal score
25/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
340
Enrollment has declined 8% over the available history.
FRL Share
90.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
704.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives McElwain Elementary School

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Academic Quality

9

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

39

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

57

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 Thornton and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 41 · Colorado 50
25 41
2 Academic average
Peer 729.6 · Colorado 737.4
704.2 729.6
3 ELA
Peer 732.4 · Colorado 741
709.8 732.4
4 Math
Peer 728 · Colorado 736.9
707.6 728
5 Science
Peer 728.4 · Colorado 734.5
695.3 728.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 443 · Colorado 394
340 443
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Thornton 2.9 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
n/a 2.9 / 1k
2 Market rent
Thornton $2,042 · Colorado $1,977
$1,689 $2,042
3 Home price
Thornton $506,295 · Colorado $556,199
$425,765 $506,295
4 Poverty rate
Thornton 5.7% · Colorado 10.1%
19.6% 5.7%
5 Median income
Thornton $109,958 · Colorado $101,131
$80,896 $109,958
6 Renter share
Thornton 21.3% · Colorado 32.6%
29.7% 21.3%
Research notes

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Academic picture

McElwain Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 704.2, with ELA at 709.8, Math at 707.6, and Science at 695.3. Against Thornton elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 9/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 8% over the available history. ELA has moved down 10.1 points over the available history. Math has been broadly steady 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

McElwain Elementary School currently serves about 340 students. FRL share sits near 90.3%, 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 009001 carries violent crime around n/a, market rent near $1,689, median income near $80,896, and home-price context near $425,765. 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 80229 where rent context currently sits near $1,689 and home-price context near $425,765. Crime trend context is still thin around this school.

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The quick read

McElwain Elementary School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 25/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.