📍 8978 Washington St, Thornton, Adams County, 80229
New America School - Thornton is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Thornton, Adams County. The school has 240 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 7.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 31.2:1. It operates as a public charter school.
New America School - Thornton enrolls 240 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 7.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 31.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% White and 1.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 222 | 93% |
| White | 14 | 5.8% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
172 of the school's 240 students (72%) 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 - Thornton 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 - Thornton 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 240 students, New America School - Thornton is smaller than the district average of about 627 students per school.
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