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Adams 12 Five Star Schools is a School District located in Adams County, Colorado , just seven miles north of downtown Denver . It serves the communities of Broomfield , Federal Heights , Northglenn , Thornton and Westminster . POPULATION Statistics As of 2007, the Colorado school district consists of 30 elementary schools, 8 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. Even though there are approximately 68 different spoken languages throughout the district, the ESL(English and 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 teaching experience, each of which having only an average of 9.19 years of employment with the district. Although the districts claims that 97.24% of its teachers are highly qualified, only .01% of the entire teacher workforce have emergency licenses. Demographics
SCHOOLS Elementary Schools
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PROGRAMS International Baccalaureate Thornton High School is the site of the districts' IB( International Baccalaureate ) and MYP( Middle Years Programme ). Misc. The Adams 12 district provides adult education, drivers education, and outdoor education courses. The districts also provides pre-school and summer school services along with the BASE (Before and After School and Summer Enrichment) program, a before and after school program offered at its elementary schools. FUNDS The general funds total of 2006-2007 for Adams 12 Five Start Schools was $279,793,754. Most revenue sources came from state and local forces with the state at the top at 58.90%. Most of the districts' expenditures went to salaries, benefits, and the districts' charter schools with salaries at the top at 53.31%. Hardly any expenditures were distributed towards supplies and capitol outlay with only 2.94% of the total funds going to new supplies and materials. BOARD OF EDUCATION
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