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Wheat Ridge High School

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

TractSignal score
57/100
upward momentum, supportive local context · high confidence
Enrollment
886
Enrollment has declined 9% over the available history.
FRL Share
42.3%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
635.0
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Wheat Ridge High School

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Academic Quality

55

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

58

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

63

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

59

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

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

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 48 · Colorado 48
57 48
2 Academic average
Peer 615.2 · Colorado 615.2
635.0 615.2
3 ELA
Peer 735.7 · Colorado 735.7
731.9 735.7
4 Math
Peer 460.4 · Colorado 460.4
436.7 460.4
5 Science
Peer 705 · Colorado 705
736.5 705
6 Enrollment
Peer 621 · Colorado 621
886 621
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Wheat Ridge 4.2 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
4.2 / 1k 4.2 / 1k
2 Market rent
Wheat Ridge $1,789 · Colorado $1,977
$1,763 $1,789
3 Home price
Wheat Ridge $604,037 · Colorado $556,199
$599,386 $604,037
4 Poverty rate
Wheat Ridge 14% · Colorado 10.1%
7.7% 14%
5 Median income
Wheat Ridge $91,571 · Colorado $101,131
$113,355 $91,571
6 Renter share
Wheat Ridge 52% · Colorado 32.6%
41.6% 52%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Wheat Ridge High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 635.0, with ELA at 731.9, Math at 436.7, and Science at 736.5. Against Colorado high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 55/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 9% over the available history. ELA has moved up 2.4 points over the available history. Math has moved down 15.2 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

Wheat Ridge High School currently serves about 886 students. FRL share sits near 42.3%, 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 010502 carries violent crime around 4.2 / 1k, market rent near $1,763, median income near $113,355, and home-price context near $599,386. 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 80033 where rent context currently sits near $1,763 and home-price context near $599,386. Nearby violent crime has moved down 14% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Wheat Ridge High School currently reads as upward momentum, supportive local context. The total TractSignal school score is 57/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.