📍 8740 North Star Drive, Denver, Adams County, 80221
North Star Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Denver, Adams County. The school has 361 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
North Star Elementary School enrolls 361 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Hispanic or Latino, 10% White and 6.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 285 | 79% |
| White | 36 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 24 | 6.6% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
314 of the school's 361 students (87%) 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.
North Star Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
North Star Elementary School is one of 55 schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools, based in THORNTON, Colorado. The district serves 34,466 students district-wide and employs 2,015 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 361 students, North Star Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 627 students per school.
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