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Meadow Community School

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

TractSignal score
23/100
upward momentum with thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
453
Enrollment has increased 21% over the available history.
FRL Share
79.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
709.1
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Meadow Community School

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Academic Quality

11

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

36

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

65

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

41

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
23 41
2 Academic average
Peer 729.6 · Colorado 737.4
709.1 729.6
3 ELA
Peer 732.4 · Colorado 741
718 732.4
4 Math
Peer 728 · Colorado 736.9
709.6 728
5 Science
Peer 728.4 · Colorado 734.5
699.6 728.4
6 Enrollment
Peer 443 · Colorado 394
453 443
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Thornton 2.9 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
2.8 / 1k 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%
5.7% 5.7%
5 Median income
Thornton $109,958 · Colorado $101,131
$97,577 $109,958
6 Renter share
Thornton 21.3% · Colorado 32.6%
15.4% 21.3%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Meadow Community School currently posts a blended academic reading around 709.1, with ELA at 718, Math at 709.6, and Science at 699.6. Against Thornton elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 11/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 21% over the available history. ELA has moved down 8.7 points over the available history. Math has moved down 13.3 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 36/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Meadow Community School currently serves about 453 students. FRL share sits near 79.2%, 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 009104 carries violent crime around 2.8 / 1k, market rent near $1,689, median income near $97,577, 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. Nearby violent crime has moved down 10% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Meadow Community School currently reads as upward momentum with thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 23/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.