High · Colorado
Vista Academy
AlternativeFree meals for allVista Academy, a public high school in Denver, Colorado: grades 6–12, 291 students, 18.2 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
- 291
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.0
- Students per teacher
- 18.2
- Grades
- 6–12
- High
More students per teacher than 64% of high schools in Colorado
Median 15.9 · 435 schools compared
More students per teacher than 75% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 54% of high schools in Colorado
Median 333 · 439 schools compared
Smaller than 61% 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.
39 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%Not published: too few students tested.
39 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
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
- 4800 Telluride Street Bldg. 6, Denver, CO 80249
- Phone
- (720)423-7650
- City or town
- Denver
- County
- Denver County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DSST: Green Valley Ranch High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 562 | 11.7 | — | — |
KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership AcademyCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 555 | 13.7 | — | — |
Rocky Mountain Prep RISECharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 586 | 12.7 | — | — |
Montbello Career and Technical High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 158 | 17.5 | — | — |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early CollegeFree meals for all | 6–12 | 1,027 | 15.9 | 22% | 6.9% |
Legacy Options High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 153 | 10.7 | — | — |
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
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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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