High · Colorado

Summit Academy

AlternativeFree meals for all

Summit Academy, a public high school in Denver, Colorado: grades 6–12, 236 students, 12.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
236
Teachers (FTE)
19.4
Students per teacher
12.2
Grades
6–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of high schools in Colorado

Median 15.9 · 435 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 57% of high schools in Colorado

Median 333 · 439 schools compared

Smaller than 66% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

Not published: too few students tested.

63 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

4.8%proficient

−0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 92% of high schools in Colorado

Median 23% · 71 high schools compared

63 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 6–12
Type
District school · Alternative
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city
Run by
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.

Location

Address
5590 W Evans Ave., Denver, CO 80227
Phone
(720)424-2400
City or town
Denver
County
Denver County
Quality of life in DenverSchools in Denver

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
John F Kennedy High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1268113.9——
Brady Exploration SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all
9–1229416.5——
Respect AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all
9–129913.4——
Abraham Lincoln High SchoolFree meals for all
9–1296513.3——
Excel AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all
9–1222718.4——
Alameda International Junior/Senior High SchoolFree meals for all
7–121,00215.016%1.5%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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