Schools · Denver
Denver, CO schools
Denver’s public schools score well below Colorado’s averages: 40% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 88 schools through grade 8, then one of 90 high schools, one of 32 high schools and one of 20 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Denver’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Denver’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 60% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
B-Test scoresC-Graduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 40%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (148)Better than 21%
High confidence. Built on 15,040 tested students and a graduating class of 6,197; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Colorado only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Colorado with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Denver kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Denver County School District 1)40%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–12, Denver County School District 1)25%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
75% graduate on time
Graduation rate
75%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
6,197
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #134 of 142 CO towns →
Districts
The district serving Denver
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 241 schools in Denver
Showing 1–30 of 241 schools
Denver Language SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 930 students
ACharterFlorida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 886 students
DPublicWilliam (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 872 students
A+PublicMcGlone AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 842 students
D-PublicPlace Bridge AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 824 students
D-PublicOmar D Blair Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 783 students
C-CharterSlavens K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 762 students
A+PublicPark Hill SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 717 students
B+PublicGreen Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 714 students
C-PublicMcMeen Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 706 students
CPublicSwigert International SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 673 students
APublicWesterly Creek ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 647 students
APublicInspire ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 645 students
CPublicMaxwell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 638 students
D-PublicRocky Mountain Prep CreeksideElementary · Grades PK–5 · 637 students
B-CharterGust Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 602 students
C-PublicMarie L. Greenwood AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 597 students
C-PublicWillow Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 596 students
APublicHighline Academy SoutheastElementary · Grades K–8 · 591 students
B+CharterHighline Academy NortheastElementary · Grades PK–5 · 589 students
C+CharterDenver Green School SoutheastElementary · Grades K–8 · 586 students
BPublicFarrell B. Howell ECE-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 585 students
D-PublicEdison Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 583 students
APublicBradley International SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 574 students
APublicSabin World SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 559 students
B-PublicMarrama Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 547 students
DPublicJoe Shoemaker SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 543 students
C+PublicSamuels Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 532 students
D-PublicBrown International AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 530 students
B+PublicTeller Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 518 students
APublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.