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Thornton High School

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

TractSignal score
29/100
thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
1,246
Enrollment has declined 12% over the available history.
FRL Share
79.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
589.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Thornton High School

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Academic Quality

22

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

35

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

50

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

38

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 31 · Colorado 48
29 31
2 Academic average
Peer 566.3 · Colorado 615.2
589.2 566.3
3 ELA
Peer 716.3 · Colorado 735.7
714.3 716.3
4 Math
Peer 380.5 · Colorado 460.4
353.5 380.5
5 Science
Peer 678.8 · Colorado 705
699.8 678.8
6 Enrollment
Peer 594 · Colorado 621
1,246 594
#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%
15.1% 5.7%
5 Median income
Thornton $109,958 · Colorado $101,131
$71,146 $109,958
6 Renter share
Thornton 21.3% · Colorado 32.6%
94.6% 21.3%
Research notes

How to read this school page

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Academic picture

Thornton High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 589.2, with ELA at 714.3, Math at 353.5, and Science at 699.8. Against Thornton high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 22/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 12% over the available history. ELA has moved down 8.2 points over the available history. Math has moved down 50 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 35/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Thornton High School currently serves about 1,246 students. FRL share sits near 79.7%, 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 009203 carries violent crime around 2.8 / 1k, market rent near $1,689, median income near $71,146, 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

Thornton High School currently reads as thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 29/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.