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Westgate Community School

Westgate 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
68/100
strong current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
533
Enrollment has declined 1% over the available history.
FRL Share
37.5%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
730.9
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Westgate Community School

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Academic Quality

83

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

58

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

51

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

50

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 48 · Colorado 48
68 48
2 Academic average
Peer 702.6 · Colorado 702.6
730.9 702.6
3 ELA
Peer 739.2 · Colorado 739.2
746.4 739.2
4 Math
Peer 656.7 · Colorado 656.7
699.9 656.7
5 Science
Peer 713 · Colorado 713
746.4 713
6 Enrollment
Peer 656 · Colorado 656
533 656
#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
$1,929 $2,042
3 Home price
Thornton $506,295 · Colorado $556,199
$509,373 $506,295
4 Poverty rate
Thornton 5.7% · Colorado 10.1%
11.8% 5.7%
5 Median income
Thornton $109,958 · Colorado $101,131
$68,165 $109,958
6 Renter share
Thornton 21.3% · Colorado 32.6%
77.3% 21.3%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Westgate Community School currently posts a blended academic reading around 730.9, with ELA at 746.4, Math at 699.9, and Science at 746.4. Against Colorado other schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 83/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 1% over the available history. ELA has moved down 7.8 points over the available history. Math has moved down 19.6 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 58/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Westgate Community School currently serves about 533 students. FRL share sits near 37.5%, 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 008555 carries violent crime around 2.8 / 1k, market rent near $1,929, median income near $68,165, and home-price context near $509,373. 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 80241 where rent context currently sits near $1,929 and home-price context near $509,373. Nearby violent crime has moved down 10% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Westgate Community School currently reads as strong current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 68/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.