📍 5806 W Alameda Ave, Lakewood, Jefferson County, 80226
New America School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lakewood, Jefferson County. The school has 99 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Jefferson County School District No. R-1 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 3.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.1:1. It operates as a public charter school.
New America School enrolls 99 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 3.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% White and 1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 93 | 94% |
| White | 5 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 1 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
85 of the school's 99 students (86%) 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.
New America School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
New America School is one of 162 schools in Jefferson County School District No. R-1, based in GOLDEN, Colorado. The district serves 73,532 students district-wide and employs 4,550 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 99 students, New America School is smaller than the district average of about 454 students per school.
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