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Brighton High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
270 South 8 Th Avenue
Brighton, CO 80601
Phone
(303) 655-4200
District
School District 27J
County
ADAMS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1854
Classroom Teachers
99

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

4

(10 is best)

Better than 36.3% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Brighton High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
44%
44%
50%
26%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
35%
43%
47%
50%
22%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
28%
39%
40%
47%
15%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
20
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 484 26.1%
Grade 10 495 26.7%
Grade 11 460 24.8%
Grade 12 415 22.4%
Total 1854 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 40.5% 41.6% 53.6%
Black 0.9% 2.6% 4.9%
Hispanic 57.3% 51.7% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 3.4% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.7% 0.7% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 37.7% 37.0% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible 30.9% 30.2% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 6.8% 6.8% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 110,495 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 534.4 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.4% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 35.0% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.8% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 10.1% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 36,521 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.3% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.2% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 32.3% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 25.5% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 13.0% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.9% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.2% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 3.0% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,440 $100,837,000 46.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $563 $12,784,000 5.9%
Staff $377 $8,556,000 3.9%
General Administration $96 $2,180,000 1.0%
School Administration $641 $14,565,000 6.7%
Operation $870 $19,770,000 9.1%
Transportation $296 $6,714,000 3.1%
Other $1,042 $23,672,000 10.9%
Total Support $3,885 $88,241,000 40.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,230 $27,936,000 12.9%
Total Expenditures $9,555 $217,014,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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