Golden View Classical Academy
GOLDEN · CO · State Charter School Institute · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Lookout Mountain → Golden High School → McLain Community High School → Longview High School → Warren Tech → New Vistas School → Green Mountain High School → Compass Montessori - Golden Charter School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 30% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Golden View Classical Academy compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Lookout Mountain, Golden High School, McLain Community High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 44% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 30% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 737 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,145 per student in district revenue, the 19 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $211,755/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain GOLDEN |
Public | 1.8 | — | — |
| Golden High School GOLDEN |
Public | 2.0 | 1,469 | +7.8% |
| McLain Community High School LAKEWOOD |
Public | 2.1 | 349 | -12.1% |
| Longview High School LAKEWOOD |
Public | 2.1 | 20 | — |
| Warren Tech LAKEWOOD |
Public | 2.2 | 32 | — |
| New Vistas School Lakewood |
Private | 2.4 | 24 | — |
| Green Mountain High School LAKEWOOD |
Public | 3.0 | 1,071 | -0.9% |
| Compass Montessori - Golden Charter School GOLDEN |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 145 | +5.1% |