Union Colony Preparatory School

Summary:

Union Colony Preparatory School is a public charter high school serving grades 6-12 in Greeley, Colorado, with a student population of 364 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school stands out for its strong academic performance, effective support for underserved student populations, and diverse student body.

Union Colony Preparatory School consistently outperforms the Greeley School District and the state of Colorado on several key metrics, including science proficiency, SAT Reading and Writing, and PSAT scores. The school has maintained a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger, higher than the 1-star rating for the Greeley School District. Union Colony Preparatory School performs particularly well for Hispanic students and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, ranking 68th and 91st respectively out of Colorado high schools in these categories. Additionally, the school has a lower student-teacher ratio of 16.5, compared to the district average of 19.

The school's proximity to several other Greeley high schools, including Greeley Central, Greeley West, and Northridge High Schools, which generally perform worse on academic metrics and have lower rankings, highlights the potential impact of school choice and charter school options in the Greeley area. Union Colony Preparatory School's diverse student population, with a higher percentage of Hispanic and Asian students compared to nearby high schools, and its relatively high percentage of students (around 57%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicate the school's ability to serve a wide range of students effectively.


Detail:

Public, Charter 6-12

 2000 Clubhouse Drive
       Greeley, CO  80634-3643


(970) 673-4546

District: GreeleySchool District No. 6

SchoolDigger Rank:
175th of 349 Colorado High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,938 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  16.5 Help
Number of students:  364

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.6%
White:
36.0%
Asian:
3.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  56.6% Help


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Compare Details Union Colony Preparatory School ranks worse than 75.9% of middle schools in Colorado. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.42. (See more...)
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Compare Details Union Colony Preparatory School ranks worse than 50.1% of high schools in Colorado. It also ranks 2nd among 6 ranked high schools in the GreeleySchool District No. 6. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 46.72. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Union Colony Preparatory School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Union Colony Preparatory School has the largest high school student body size in the GreeleySchool District No. 6.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Union Colony Preparatory School is $11,938. 4 high schools in the GreeleySchool District No. 6 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Union Colony Preparatory School:

SchoolDigger ranks Union Colony Preparatory School 368th of 485 Colorado public middle schools. (See Union Colony Preparatory School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Union Colony Preparatory School 175th of 349 Colorado public high schools. (See Union Colony Preparatory School in the ranking list.)

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GreeleySchool District No. 6:

SchoolDigger ranks GreeleySchool District No. 6 97th of 116 Colorado school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Union Colony Preparatory School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 27.35 253rd 336 24.7%
2005 66.34 113th 340 66.8%
2006 56.14 153rd 346 55.8%
2007 64.55 124th 360 65.6%
2008 59.20 144th 362 60.2%
2009 59.30 158th 377 58.1%
2010 67.16 129th 409 68.5%
2011 61.27 166th 422 60.7%
2012 66.02 145th 425 65.9%
2013 57.86 191st 454 57.9%
2014 43.20 266th 461 42.3%
2015 22.73 350th 436 19.7%
2016 23.98 310th 400 22.5%
2017 19.04 347th 424 18.2%
2018 11.34 387th 418 7.4%
2019 10.81 423rd 458 7.6%
2021 18.55 317th 369 14.1%
2022 22.34 332nd 448 25.9%
2023 23.33 349th 480 27.3%
2024 20.42 368th 485 24.1%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 11.81 215th 222 3.2%
2019 17.43 217th 240 9.6%
2023 29.13 172nd 241 28.6%
2024 30.56 174th 244 28.7%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 10.74 320th 352 9.1%
2023 20.63 276th 363 24.0%
2024 27.07 241st 350 31.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 11.15 320th 343 6.7%
2023 19.70 281st 356 21.1%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 30.32 114th 169 32.5%
2024 25.62 150th 199 24.6%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 23.89 220th 286 23.1%
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Data source: test scores: Colorado Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Union Colony Preparatory School

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Rank History for all high school students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 74.21 70th 279 74.9%
2005 72.58 69th 280 75.4%
2006 72.91 75th 286 73.8%
2007 84.32 37th 298 87.6%
2008 77.70 57th 301 81.1%
2009 77.26 63rd 310 79.7%
2010 75.22 72nd 327 78.0%
2011 82.71 46th 337 86.4%
2012 80.02 54th 334 83.8%
2013 83.84 47th 349 86.5%
2014 78.90 70th 369 81.0%
2015 42.33 141st 292 51.7%
2016 38.04 128th 255 49.8%
2017 31.67 154th 256 39.8%
2018 54.81 156th 388 59.8%
2019 61.28 135th 411 67.2%
2023 60.33 128th 349 63.3%
2024 46.72 175th 349 49.9%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 67.50 54th 203 73.4%
2024 52.18 91st 211 56.9%
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Rank History for high school Female students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 46.86 133rd 257 48.2%
2024 44.02 141st 257 45.1%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 59.97 99th 256 61.3%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Union Colony Preparatory School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 63.22 60th 198 69.7%
2024 58.31 68th 199 65.8%
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Data source: test scores: Colorado Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Union Colony Preparatory School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1998 124 11 4 19 2 n/a n/a 0 160
1999 159 1 6 24 2 n/a n/a 0 192
2000 154 3 1 21 2 n/a n/a 0 181
2001 125 1 3 16 2 n/a n/a 0 147
2002 141 1 4 28 2 n/a n/a 0 176
2003 141 1 4 28 2 n/a n/a 0 176
2004 133 1 2 29 1 n/a n/a 0 166
2005 141 5 8 23 1 n/a n/a 0 178
2006 149 2 3 40 0 n/a n/a 0 194
2007 157 2 2 45 0 n/a n/a 0 206
2008 275 2 3 75 1 n/a n/a 0 356
2009 294 1 7 97 2 n/a n/a 0 401
2010 291 3 11 82 2 n/a n/a 0 389
2011 271 8 15 106 4 3 1 0 408
2012 271 6 19 116 4 2 2 0 420
2013 270 6 16 131 5 2 3 0 433
2014 291 7 13 169 7 2 4 0 493
2015 272 7 6 186 5 2 10 0 488
2016 265 3 5 196 4 5 7 0 485
2017 232 4 8 192 1 4 10 0 451
2018 212 4 5 212 3 1 12 0 449
2019 179 5 11 222 3 1 13 0 434
2020 309 22 40 456 4 10 23 0 864
2021 150 6 10 188 3 1 15 0 373
2022 121 5 11 203 3 7 12 0 362
2023 131 6 12 195 3 7 10 0 364

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Union Colony Preparatory School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 160 7.6 21.1 4.4
1999 192 9.5 20.2 4.2
2000 181 9.5 19.1 14.9
2001 147 10.1 14.6 8.8
2002 176 10.4 16.9 17.6
2003 176 10.4 16.9 17.6
2004 166 11.2 14.8 0
2005 178 11.9 15.0 1.1
2006 194 12.0 16.2 0
2007 206 12.0 17.2 0
2008 356 20.6 17.3 1.7
2009 401 23.9 16.8 7.2
2010 389 22.1 17.5 10
2011 408 24.0 16.9 20.8
2012 420 23.6 17.7 21.4
2013 433 23.1 18.7 19.6
2014 493 27.4 17.9 6.1
2015 488 25.0 19.5 31.1
2016 485 20.0 24.2 40
2017 451 23.0 19.5 43.2
2018 449 23.0 19.4 45
2019 434 23.0 18.8 50
2020 864 47.2 18.2 60.2
2021 373 23.2 16.0 58.7
2022 362 24.1 14.9 56.9
2023 364 22.0 16.5 56.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Union Colony Preparatory School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 160 7.6 21.1 4.4
1999 192 9.5 20.2 4.2
2000 181 9.5 19.1 14.9
2001 147 10.1 14.6 8.8
2002 176 10.4 16.9 17.6
2003 176 10.4 16.9 17.6
2004 166 11.2 14.8 0
2005 178 11.9 15.0 1.1
2006 194 12.0 16.2 0
2007 206 12.0 17.2 0
2008 356 20.6 17.3 1.7
2009 401 23.9 16.8 7.2
2010 389 22.1 17.5 10
2011 408 24.0 16.9 20.8
2012 420 23.6 17.7 21.4
2013 433 23.1 18.7 19.6
2014 493 27.4 17.9 6.1
2015 488 25.0 19.5 31.1
2016 485 20.0 24.2 40
2017 451 23.0 19.5 43.2
2018 449 23.0 19.4 45
2019 434 23.0 18.8 50
2020 864 47.2 18.2 60.2
2021 373 23.2 16.0 58.7
2022 362 24.1 14.9 56.9
2023 364 22.0 16.5 56.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Union Colony Preparatory School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $9,130
2020 $9,984
2021 $12,935
2022 $13,152
2023 $11,938

Data source: Colorado Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Union Colony Preparatory School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 423rd of 458 Middle schoolsRanks 349th of 480 Middle schools
 19.6%
Ranks 135th of 411 High schoolsRanks 128th of 349 High schools
 3.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Union Colony Preparatory School)19.431.5
 12.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (GreeleySchool District No. 6)29.628.7
 0.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)43.643.4
 0.2%
6th Grade Math (Union Colony Preparatory School)8.115.1
 7%
   6th Grade Math (GreeleySchool District No. 6)14.713
 1.7%
   6th Grade Math (Colorado)29.528.2
 1.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Union Colony Preparatory School)20.634.5
 13.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (GreeleySchool District No. 6)35.733.2
 2.5%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)46.545
 1.5%
7th Grade Math (Union Colony Preparatory School)13.214.8
 1.6%
   7th Grade Math (GreeleySchool District No. 6)15.713.7
 2%
   7th Grade Math (Colorado)31.626.3
 5.3%
8th Grade Science (Union Colony Preparatory School)11.420.3
 8.9%
   8th Grade Science (GreeleySchool District No. 6)17.419.5
 2.1%
   8th Grade Science (Colorado)31.531.3
 0.2%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Union Colony Preparatory School)27.120.3
 6.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (GreeleySchool District No. 6)41.234.3
 6.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)46.942.4
 4.5%
8th Grade Math (Union Colony Preparatory School)8.520.3
 11.8%
   8th Grade Math (GreeleySchool District No. 6)25.321.7
 3.6%
   8th Grade Math (Colorado)36.932.7
 4.2%
All Grades English Language Arts (Union Colony Preparatory School)22.428.6
 6.2%
   All Grades English Language Arts (GreeleySchool District No. 6)34.730.4
 4.3%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Colorado)45.843.7
 2.1%
All Grades Math (Union Colony Preparatory School)9.916.9
 7%
   All Grades Math (GreeleySchool District No. 6)21.719.4
 2.3%
   All Grades Math (Colorado)34.732.9
 1.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students434364
 16.1%
African American56
 20%
American Indian33
Asian1112
 9.1%
Hispanic222195
 12.2%
Pacific Islander17
 600%
White179131
 26.8%
Two or More Races1310
 23.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50%56.6%
 6.6%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 364 students attended Union Colony Preparatory School.

Union Colony Preparatory School ranks 175th of 349 Colorado high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Union Colony Preparatory School are 54% Hispanic, 36% White, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% African American.


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