📍 9450 Pecos Street, Thornton, Adams County, 80206
STEM Launch is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Thornton, Adams County. The school has 738 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Adams 12 Five Star Schools school district. It serves grades K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
STEM Launch enrolls 738 students across grades K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 50 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 77% Hispanic or Latino, 19% White and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 571 | 77% |
| White | 142 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
554 of the school's 738 students (75%) 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.
STEM Launch 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.
STEM Launch 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 738 students, STEM Launch is larger than the district average of about 627 students per school.