📍 4800 Telluride Street Bldg. 6, Denver, Denver County, 80249
Vista Academy is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Denver, Denver County. The school has 234 pupils enrolled. It is part of the School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C school district. It serves grades 6–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
Vista Academy enrolls 234 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 2.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 69% |
| Black or African American | 57 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 2.6% |
| White | 5 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
192 of the school's 234 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Vista Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Vista Academy is one of 203 schools in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, based in DENVER, Colorado. The district serves 90,471 students district-wide and employs 5,947 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 234 students, Vista Academy is smaller than the district average of about 446 students per school.
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