Schools · Denver
Denver, IA schools
Denver’s public schools score well above Iowa’s averages: 88% of students are proficient in reading against 67.8% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.4%.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A+
Denver’s School Grade: A+
The public schools Denver’s kids attend outperform 100% of Iowa’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A+Test scores
Iowa school districts we grade (325)Better than 100%
Lower resultsHigher results
Iowa towns with similar household incomes (396)Better than 100%
High confidence. Built on 597 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Iowa’s state tests, each against the state average. 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.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Iowa 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 Iowa 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.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Denver Community)88%
State average 67.8%
Math (Denver Community)91%
State average 64.1%
Graduation · class of 2020
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
IA: 91.4%
Graduating class
52
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
The district serving Denver
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 4 schools in Denver
Showing 1–4 of 4 schools
Denver Elementary School - Lincoln Street BuildingElementary · Grades K–5 · 431 students
A+PublicDenver Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 238 students
A+PublicDenver Senior High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 278 students
A+PublicDenver Early Elementary SchoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 60 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.