C+
Denver County School District 1
Public school districtGrades PK–12
Serves Denver.
Students
90,471
Schools
198
Spent per student
$17,972
CO $15,889
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
63%
Debt
$2,815.8M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Denver County School District 1
- School Grade C+: better than 40% of Colorado districts
- Math proficiency 5 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 7 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 7 pts below the state
- Spends 13% more per student than the CO average
- 15 students per teacher
- Debt of $2,815.8M, about $31,124 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Altona.
PK–828 schoolsSt. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J
9–1212 high schoolsSt. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J
128 high schoolsSt. Vrain Valley School District RE 1J
Test scores vs. CO
2020–21Math proficiency25%
State average 30.4%
Reading / language arts40%
State average 47%
Graduation rate (4-year)75%
State average 81.7%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$17,972 per student · 13% above CO
Spending
Classroom instruction 48%Support & administration 48%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 72%State 17%Federal 11%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
86,771’20
87,112’21
87,037’22
88,258’23
90,471’24
Up 4.3% since 2020.
Students
Hispanic 53%White 25%Black 13%Two or more races 5%Asian 3%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%
Schools in the district
198 public schools.
Denver Language School
A930 students16:1
Florida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 School
D886 students18:1
William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 School
A+872 students19:1
McGlone Academy
D−842 students15:1
Place Bridge Academy
D−824 students13:1
Omar D Blair Charter School
C−783 students14:1
Slavens K-8 School
A+762 students19:1
Park Hill School
B+717 students19:1
Green Valley Elementary School
C−714 students15:1
McMeen Elementary School
C706 students18:1
Swigert International School
A673 students17:1
Westerly Creek Elementary
A647 students16:1
Inspire Elementary
C645 students17:1
Maxwell Elementary School
D−638 students16:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Creekside
B−637 students14:1
Gust Elementary School
C−602 students17:1
Marie L. Greenwood Academy
C−597 students16:1
Willow Elementary School
A596 students17:1
Highline Academy Southeast
B+591 students13:1
Highline Academy Northeast
C+589 students11:1
Denver Green School Southeast
B586 students16:1
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School
D−585 students14:1
Edison Elementary School
A583 students18:1
Bradley International School
A574 students17:1
Sabin World School
B−559 students16:1
Marrama Elementary School
D547 students16:1
Joe Shoemaker School
C+543 students19:1
Samuels Elementary School
D−532 students18:1
Brown International Academy
B+530 students17:1
Teller Elementary School
A518 students18:1
Lena Archuleta Elementary School
C−515 students15:1
Holm Elementary School
C510 students15:1
KIPP Northeast Elementary
C−495 students12:1
Barney Ford Elementary School
D487 students16:1
Isabella Bird Community School
C−487 students18:1
SOAR at Green Valley Ranch
C484 students18:1
Trevista at Horace Mann
D−482 students15:1
Centennial A School for Expeditionary Learning
B477 students18:1
Ellis Elementary School
C−467 students18:1
Smith Elementary School
D457 students16:1
Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 School
C−454 students15:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest
C453 students13:1
Steele Elementary School
A+452 students18:1
Stedman Elementary School
B447 students19:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill
C−443 students11:1
Southmoor Elementary School
B+431 students17:1
Valdez Elementary School
A−423 students18:1
University Park Elementary School
A413 students15:1
Carson Elementary School
A412 students17:1
Academia Ana Marie Sandoval
C−409 students18:1
Cory Elementary School
A+407 students17:1
Lowry Elementary School
C+400 students14:1
Ashley Elementary School
D387 students16:1
Garden Place Academy
D−385 students14:1
Goldrick Elementary School
D−385 students15:1
Doull Elementary School
C381 students16:1
Swansea Elementary School
D381 students14:1
Cheltenham Elementary School
D373 students11:1
College View Elementary School
D−368 students15:1
Denison Montessori School
C+364 students18:1
Valverde Elementary School
C−359 students14:1
John H. Amesse Elementary
D−358 students16:1
Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment
C−353 students14:1
Oakland Elementary
D−352 students15:1
Knapp Elementary School
D351 students17:1
Polaris Elementary School
A+350 students20:1
Dora Moore ECE-8 School
C349 students17:1
Columbine Elementary School
C+346 students14:1
Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmont
C344 students14:1
Charles M. Schenck (CMS) Community School
C339 students15:1
Barnum Elementary School
D334 students16:1
Grant Ranch ECE-8 School
C334 students15:1
University Prep - Steele St.
D334 students11:1
Godsman Elementary School
C−332 students17:1
Munroe Elementary School
D−332 students15:1
Bromwell Elementary School
A329 students16:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Berkeley
C−329 students15:1
Steck Elementary School
A323 students18:1
Odyssey School of Denver
B+318 students13:1
Eagleton Elementary School
C317 students12:1
University Prep - Arapahoe St.
D313 students12:1
Lincoln Elementary School
A−310 students18:1
Cowell Elementary School
D308 students14:1
Creativity Challenge Community
A−306 students18:1
Escalante-Biggs Academy
306 students14:1
McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School
B+305 students15:1
Force Elementary School
C−303 students16:1
Traylor Academy
C−300 students15:1
Johnson Elementary School
D−294 students16:1
Newlon Elementary School
D293 students13:1
Asbury Elementary School
A−292 students14:1
Monarch Montessori
C−282 students14:1
Colfax Elementary School
D280 students14:1
Stephen Knight Center for Early Education
276 students13:1
Beach Court Elementary School
D275 students15:1
Cole Arts and Science Academy
D275 students13:1
Downtown Denver Expeditionary School
C+263 students15:1
Hallett Academy
D250 students11:1
Center for Talent Development at Greenlee
C244 students13:1
Kaiser Elementary School
D243 students14:1
Whittier ECE-8 School
C−242 students14:1
Castro Elementary School
D241 students14:1
Wyatt Academy
C−240 students14:1
French American School of Denver
230 students13:1
Academy 360
C−201 students13:1
Palmer Elementary School
B+197 students13:1
Columbian Elementary School
C171 students11:1
Responsive Arts & STEAM Academy FNE
161 students13:1
Schmitt Elementary School
D157 students10:1
International Academy of Denver at Harrington
C152 students9:1
KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary
146 students11:1
McAuliffe International School
A+1,329 students20:1
Hamilton Middle School
C775 students16:1
Skinner Middle School
B+673 students17:1
Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences
B+651 students19:1
Merrill Middle School
B+611 students17:1
Lake Middle School
C−592 students15:1
Denver Green School Northfield
B+558 students18:1
DSST: Cedar Middle School
A−485 students14:1
DSST: Green Valley Ranch Middle School
C482 students15:1
Morey Middle School
A+479 students19:1
DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School
C+468 students14:1
Kepner Beacon Middle School
D467 students14:1
KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School
D464 students12:1
DSST: Montview Middle School
C+463 students16:1
DSST: Elevate Northeast Middle School
B−451 students13:1
DSST: College View Middle School
C446 students12:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Westwood
D411 students15:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Green Valley Ranch
C379 students20:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Federal
C−376 students15:1
Grant Beacon Middle School
B−339 students16:1
Montbello Middle School
315 students14:1
Bear Valley International School
C−313 students11:1
KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy
D−301 students11:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Noel
D−287 students15:1
DSST: Cole Middle School
D−282 students12:1
Manual Middle School
C+257 students14:1
Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School
B+223 students14:1
Compass Academy
D−200 students11:1
West Middle School
C−188 students12:1
Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside
C−154 students10:1
East High School
A2,476 students21:1
Northfield High School
A2,137 students18:1
South High School
A1,950 students19:1
North High School
B1,653 students17:1
Thomas Jefferson High School
A−1,390 students20:1
George Washington High School
A1,326 students21:1
Montbello High School
D1,112 students16:1
Denver School of the Arts
A+1,044 students20:1
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College
D1,027 students16:1
Abraham Lincoln High School
D965 students13:1
John F Kennedy High School
C−681 students14:1
Bruce Randolph School
D−663 students15:1
Denver Online
A−611 students19:1
Rocky Mountain Prep SMART
C604 students10:1
Rocky Mountain Prep RISE
C586 students13:1
DSST: Green Valley Ranch High School
B+562 students12:1
DSST: Montview High School
A−562 students12:1
DSST: Conservatory Green High School
A−556 students14:1
KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership Academy
C555 students14:1
DSST: Cedar High School
A546 students16:1
DSST: Elevate Northeast High School
545 students14:1
DSST: College View High School
B−533 students11:1
West High School
D519 students12:1
Northeast Early College
C+507 students16:1
KIPP Denver Collegiate High School
C477 students12:1
Career Education Center Early College
C+468 students11:1
Denver Center for International Studies
B354 students14:1
Manual High School
C−348 students15:1
Emily Griffith High School
C311 students19:1
Vista Academy
D−291 students18:1
DSST: Cole High School
B287 students10:1
Summit Academy
C−236 students12:1
Excel Academy
D227 students18:1
Colorado High School Charter - GES
D209 students15:1
Colorado High School Charter
C206 students10:1
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School
C+162 students11:1
Montbello Career and Technical High School
C158 students17:1
AUL Denver
D−156 students12:1
Legacy Options High School
D−153 students11:1
Denver Center for 21st-Century Learning at Wyman
C150 students10:1
Contemporary Learning Academy
A−126 students8:1
5280 High School
B−109 students9:1
Florence Crittenton High School
D−107 students11:1
Denver Justice High School
C106 students13:1
Delta High School
A−105 students15:1
North High School Engagement Center
C103 students11:1
RiseUp Community School
D100 students9:1
Respect Academy
D99 students13:1
Compassion Road Academy
C96 students12:1
Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy
89 students6:1
Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design
B−60 students9:1
Girls Athletic Leadership School High School
B−59 students5:1
Prep Academy
D−44 students4:1
Gilliam Youth Services Center
21 students2:1
Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy
D670 students15:1
Pascual Ledoux Academy
236 students14:1
Sandra Todd-Williams Academy
143 students13:1
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
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$17,160per student
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$15,276per student
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$16,635per student
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$17,691per student
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.