North Valley School for Young Adults
THORNTON · CO · Mapleton School District No. 1 in the county of Adams & St · Public
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Academy High School → Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts → Mapleton Early Career Preparation → York International → New America School - Thornton → Thornton High School → The Pinnacle Charter School → Global Leadership Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 64% (Bottom 13% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How North Valley School for Young Adults compares for families
What families should know about North Valley School for Young Adults.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Academy High School, Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts, Mapleton Early Career Preparation and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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 13% 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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +4.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 102 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy High School THORNTON |
Public | 0.1 | 399 | -15.1% |
| Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts THORNTON |
Public | 0.1 | 393 | -0.8% |
| Mapleton Early Career Preparation THORNTON |
Public | 0.1 | 306 | +9.7% |
| York International THORNTON |
Public | 0.4 | 287 | -7.1% |
| New America School - Thornton THORNTON |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 190 | -22.1% |
| Thornton High School THORNTON |
Public | 1.3 | 1,439 | -3.1% |
| The Pinnacle Charter School FEDERAL HEIGHTS |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 590 | -7.4% |
| Global Leadership Academy DENVER |
Public | 2.4 | 400 | +28.6% |