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Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020)

Elementary school

Middle school

High school

1500 E 128TH AVENUE
THORNTON, CO 80241

34,998

Total Students Served

53

Schools in District
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Superintendent:
Chris Gdowski

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Assurances and Test Participation


Selected Report Year: 2023
Rating: Accredited
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2022
Rating: Accredited: Low Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2019
Rating: Accredited: Meets 95% Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2018
Rating: Accredited: Meets 95% Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2017
Rating: Accredited: Meets 95% Participation
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Selected Report Year: 2016
Rating: Accredited
Performance Watch Status: Not on Performance Watch
Rating Source: Rating based on 1-Year Performance Report

Assurances

In addition to evaluating student outcomes on Academic Achievement, Academic Growth and Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness indicators, the performance framework reports verify that districts and schools are operating in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements outlined by state legislation. Districts must demonstrate compliance with requirements concerning budget and finance policies, safety provisions, and student participation in annual state assessments. Schools are not individually accountable for meeting finance and safety provisions but must demonstrate compliance with annual testing requirements. Failure to meet these requirements may result in a lowered performance rating. The visual below shows whether districts and schools have met these assurances.

Assurances - (2023)

DISTRICT CODE DISPLAY NAME EMH LEVEL EMH TYPE REPORT YEAR REPORT TYPE DATA SET INDICATOR RATING
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2016 1-Year District Finance Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2016 1-Year District Safety Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2016 1-Year District Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2017 1-Year District Finance Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2017 1-Year District Safety Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2017 1-Year District Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2018 1-Year District Finance Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2018 1-Year District Safety Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2018 1-Year District Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2019 1-Year District Finance Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2019 1-Year District Safety Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2019 1-Year District Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation Requirement
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2022 1-Year District Finance Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2022 1-Year District Safety Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2022 1-Year District Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2023 1-Year Report District Finance Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2023 1-Year Report District Safety Assurance Meets Requirements
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 2023 1-Year Report District Test Participation Assurance Meets 95% Participation

Test Participation Rates

Test participation rates are used to determine whether districts and schools comply with the statutory requirement that students participate in annual state assessments. Districts and schools are required to have a minimum of 95% of students participate in the annual state assessments in English Language Arts, Math, and Science. Failure to meet the 95% threshold in more than one subject area may result in the overall performance rating being lowered by one level.

Colorado statute does allow parents to opt children out of the annual state assessments. These students are not represented in the participation rate calculations that are used to determine whether districts and schools fulfill the requirements of the Test Participation Assurance. In the bar graphs below, the Accountability Participation Rate for each subject area shows the rate of participation among those students whose parents who did not excuse them from testing. This means that parent excusals are not represented in either the denominator or the numerator for the Accountability Participation Rate. Total Participation Rates are shown in the text that appears above each bar graph. The Total Participation Rate reflects the percentage of students out of the total population who tested. For the Total Participation Rates, parent excusals are treated as non-participants.

Test Participation Rates - (2023)

DISTRICT CODE DISPLAY NAME EMH LEVEL EMH TYPE REPORT YEAR REPORT TYPE DATA SET SUBINDICATOR STUDENT GROUP RATING TOTAL STUDENTS STUDENTS TESTED PARENT EXCUSALS PERCENTAGE TOTAL RATE ACCOUNTABILITY DENOMINATOR ACCOUNTABILITY NUMERATOR ACCOUNTABILITY RATE
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2016 District English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 21,268 20,506 3.10% 96.40% 20,603 20,506 99.50%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2016 District Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 21,257 20,484 3.20% 96.40% 20,575 20,484 99.60%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2016 District Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 8,627 7,840 7.10% 90.90% 8,015 7,840 97.80%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2016 District Colorado ACT All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 2,501 2,444 0.60% 97.70% 2,485 2,444 98.40%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2017 District English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 26,512 25,345 3.30% 95.60% 25,644 25,345 98.80%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2017 District Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 26,507 25,325 3.40% 95.50% 25,614 25,325 98.90%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2017 District Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 8,674 7,939 6.90% 91.50% 8,077 7,939 98.30%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2018 District English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 24,143 23,365 2.20% 96.80% 23,618 23,376 99.00%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2018 District Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 24,147 23,370 2.10% 96.80% 23,629 23,378 98.90%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2018 District Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 8,837 8,042 7.00% 91.00% 8,217 8,042 97.90%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2019 District English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 26,736 25,704 2.20% 96.10% 26,148 25,715 98.30%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2019 District Math All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 26,735 25,710 2.30% 96.20% 26,132 25,721 98.40%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2019 District Science All Students Meets 95% Participation Requirement 8,919 7,872 10.50% 88.30% 7,983 7,872 98.60%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2022 District English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 24,474 21,041 11.9% 86.0% 21,559 21,054 97.7%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2022 District Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 24,473 21,011 11.9% 85.9% 21,560 21,011 97.5%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2022 District Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 8,301 5,664 29.1% 68.2% 5,886 5,664 96.2%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2023 District English Language Arts All Students Meets 95% Participation 24,145 20,812 12.1% 86.2% 21,235 20,820 98.0%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2023 District Math All Students Meets 95% Participation 24,154 20,842 11.9% 86.3% 21,276 20,842 98.0%
20 Adams 12 Five Star Schools (0020) All Grade Levels EMH 1-Year 2023 District Science All Students Meets 95% Participation 8,270 5,595 29.6% 67.7% 5,822 5,595 96.1%

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