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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Discovery Magnet School, Thornton, CO

CEP schoolDiscovery Magnet School is a public elementary school in Thornton, part of School District 27J. It enrolled 692 students in 2024-25, with 19.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
692
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Students per teacher
19.2
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.5. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.2
District19.5
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
4949 E. 147th Ave., Thornton, CO 80602
Phone
(303)655-6260
District
School District 27J
County
Adams County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
080258006875
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
142
Reduced-price lunch
20
Free or reduced-price lunch
16223.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in School District 27J

Elementary schools elsewhere in Thornton

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.