Barnum Elementary School

Barnum Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. The school works with 334 students in grades pre-K through 5.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 90,471 students. Barnum Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Barnum Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). The remainder breaks down as 4% White, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Barnum Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Barnum Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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, Barnum Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 13.0%, the actual is 14.7%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Denver County put the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), Barnum Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Barnum Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 15.7%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 30%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.