Elementary school profileUnited States/Colorado/Westminster/Schools/Cotton Creek Elementary School

Cotton Creek Elementary School

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

TractSignal score
54/100
supportive local context with true deterioration risk · high confidence
Enrollment
421
Enrollment has declined 11% over the available history.
FRL Share
40%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
748.9
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Cotton Creek Elementary School

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Academic Quality

68

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

42

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

33

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

63

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Westminster and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 43 · Colorado 50
54 43
2 Academic average
Peer 731.9 · Colorado 737.4
748.9 731.9
3 ELA
Peer 734.8 · Colorado 741
749.2 734.8
4 Math
Peer 728.9 · Colorado 736.9
749.4 728.9
5 Science
Peer 731.8 · Colorado 734.5
748 731.8
6 Enrollment
Peer 433 · Colorado 394
421 433
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Westminster 2.9 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
3.0 / 1k 2.9 / 1k
2 Market rent
Westminster $1,767 · Colorado $1,977
$2,149 $1,767
3 Home price
Westminster $507,735 · Colorado $556,199
$509,324 $507,735
4 Poverty rate
Westminster 11.7% · Colorado 10.1%
3.8% 11.7%
5 Median income
Westminster $92,780 · Colorado $101,131
$129,510 $92,780
6 Renter share
Westminster 37.8% · Colorado 32.6%
21.6% 37.8%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Cotton Creek Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 748.9, with ELA at 749.2, Math at 749.4, and Science at 748. Against Westminster elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 68/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 11% over the available history. ELA has moved down 2.7 points over the available history. Math has moved up 4.3 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 42/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Cotton Creek Elementary School currently serves about 421 students. FRL share sits near 40%, 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 009409 carries violent crime around 3.0 / 1k, market rent near $2,149, median income near $129,510, and home-price context near $509,324. 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 80031 where rent context currently sits near $2,149 and home-price context near $509,324. Nearby violent crime has moved down 23% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Cotton Creek Elementary School currently reads as supportive local context with true deterioration risk. The total TractSignal school score is 54/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.