Adams 12 Five Star Schools
| Adams County School District 12 | |
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| Address | |
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1500 E. 128th Ave. Thornton, Colorado 80241 |
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| Coordinates | 39°55′33″N 104°58′00″W / 39.925714°N 104.966549°WCoordinates: 39°55′33″N 104°58′00″W / 39.925714°N 104.966549°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Adams 12 Five Star Schools |
| Superintendent | Chris Gdowski |
| Enrollment | 37,341 (fall 2006) |
| Area | Broomfield, Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton, and Westminster |
| Website | http://www.adams12.org/ |
The Adams County School District 12, commonly known as the Adams 12 Five Star Schools, is a public school district located in western Adams County, Colorado, United States. The district serves the suburban area immediately north of Denver including the communities of Broomfield, Federal Heights, Northglenn, Thornton, and Westminster.
As of 2011, the Colorado school district consists of 32 elementary schools, 9 middle schools, 5 high schools, 4 charter schools, 1 alternative school, 1 technical education center, and 1 adult education center, with nearly 39,000 students enrolled in the district. Although there are approximately 68 different spoken languages throughout the district, the ESL (English as a second language) population of nearly 5,000 students consists of mainly Hispanics. Almost 3,000 students participate in the gifted and talented program, and almost 3,500 students have special education needs. Over 14,000 students travel to school by bus, and over 10,500 students receive a free or reduced lunch.
Along with the large student body, the district also has a large teacher work force. At the end of 2006, the district contained 1,918 classroom teacher, and 917 of those teachers had some kind of advanced degree. The teachers in the district have, on average, 10.65 years of total teaching experience and 9.19 years of employment within the district. Only .01% of the entire teacher workforce have emergency licenses.
Northglenn High School has offered a STEM program for those who went to STEM middle schools in the district, or who sign up before freshman year.
Thornton High School is the site of the district's IB (International Baccalaureate) and MYP (Middle Years Programme). The International School at Thornton Middle and Century Middle School are authorized for the MYP Program for young people in sixth through eighth grades. Leroy Drive and Coronado Hills Elementary Schools are authorized for the PYP Programme for students in grades kindergarten through fifth.
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