Barney Ford Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in DENVER, Colorado, Barney Ford Elementary School hosts 487 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Barney Ford Elementary School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that works with 90,471 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Barney Ford Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Other groups include 10% Black, 2% White, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Denver County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, Barney Ford Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 9.7%; this one delivers 13.7%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Denver County put median household earnings sit near $94,718, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), Barney Ford Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Escalante-Biggs Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barney Ford Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Barney Ford Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 13.3%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Barney Ford Elementary School's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 472 (now 487). Hispanic enrollment moved from 79% to 84% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.