Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000309
Ashley Elementary School
1914 SYRACUSE STREET, DENVER, CO 80220 · (720) 424-9748 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
333 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
10.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
6.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -12.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.3% | 6.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.5% | 19.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
13.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ashley Elementary School
Ashley Elementary School's state test result (13.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Elementary School this school | 387 | 86.0% | 13.4% |
| Escalante-Biggs Academy DENVER | 306 | 85.0% | N/A |
| Laredo Elementary School AURORA | 449 | 90.4% | 11.0% |
| Fulton Academy of Excellence AURORA | 410 | 93.4% | 10.2% |
| Clyde Miller K-8 AURORA | 466 | 88.2% | 22.1% |
| Marie L. Greenwood Academy DENVER | 597 | 88.4% | 15.9% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ashley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #888 of 931 | #96 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.3% | #921 of 940 ▼ 197 | #103 of 108 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #930 of 946 ▼ 12 | #105 of 109 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #460 of 1,056 | #53 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #611 of 896 | #73 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #745 of 896 | #78 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #80 of 983 | #33 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #661 of 664 | #62 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
387
+82 (+27%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 349
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 387 | 23.5 | 16.5:1 | 86% (333) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 21.2 | 16.4:1 | 71% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 20.4 | 12.8:1 | 82% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 83% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 27.9 | 13.9:1 | 84% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 88% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 345 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 81% (281) |
| 2000-01 | 403 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 80% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 349 | 16 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (389 to 387); teachers down 16% (27.9 to 23.5).
About Ashley Elementary School
Ashley Elementary School sits in DENVER, Colorado, and is classified as an elementary school. School enrollment was 387 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 198 schools in Denver Public Schools, with 90,471 students enrolled.
Roughly 79% of students at Ashley Elementary School are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 13% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Denver County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 51 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 23.5 full-time equivalents, or about 16.5 students per teacher. That is close to the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. About 86% of students, or 333, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Denver County, the average is 63%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Ashley Elementary School is 1.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 13.4%. Predicted: 14.5%.
In the county around the school, Denver County, the median household income is $94,718, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Denver County is home to 206 public schools and about 91,233 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Denver School of the Arts is the closest, at about 0.4 miles. Ashley Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 45.6% proficiency; Ashley Elementary School posts 13.4%.
NCES assigns Ashley Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment grew 27% from its 2020-21 level of 305. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.9:1 in 2020-21, and 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other schools in DENVER
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other Ashley Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ashley Elementary. Ashley Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Ashley Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 572 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolNEW BALTIMORE, MI · 441 students
- Ashley ElementaryFayetteville, NC · 180 students
- ASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAshley, ND · 74 students
- Ashley Elementary SchoolASHLEY, MI · 60 students
Nearby schools
- Denver School of the Arts0.4 mi · 1,044
- DSST: Montview High School0.4 mi · 562
- DSST: Montview Middle School0.4 mi · 463
- Odyssey School of Denver0.7 mi · 318
- William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 School0.8 mi · 872
- Westerly Creek Elementary1.0 mi · 647
Frequently asked questions
About Ashley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ashley Elementary School?
Ashley Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ashley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ashley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ashley Elementary School have?
Ashley Elementary School employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Ashley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ashley Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 79% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ashley Elementary School?
Ashley Elementary School is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.