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Beach Court Elementary School

4950 BEACH COURT, DENVER, CO 80221 · (720) 424-9470 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Colorado public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools

Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
246 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K5821%
Kindergarten4015%
Grade 13613%
Grade 23412%
Grade 33312%
Grade 44015%
Grade 53412%

This year's kindergarten class (40) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (34).

Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
3111%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 49% · US 43%
Hispanic
23485%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 37% · US 30%
Black
73%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Two+
21%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
14352%
Female
13248%

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Test scores

CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Expectations
English Language Arts
29.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
20.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.5pp since 2023

What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.

CMAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2529.9%20.2%
2023-2424.4%16.7%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
12.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 12% 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 Beach Court Elementary School

Beach Court Elementary School's state test result (22.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Beach Court Elementary School this school27589.5%22.4%
Eva R Baca Elementary School
PUEBLO
25091.2%20.6%
Bradford Elementary School
PUEBLO
25289.3%15.6%
Rose Hill Elementary School
COMMERCE CITY
31588.9%9.4%
Atlas Preparatory Elementary School
COLORADO SPRINGS
28687.4%13.7%
Cowell Elementary School
DENVER
30891.6%9.7%
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 Beach Court Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ColoradoIn Denver County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
22.4%#726 of 931#57 of 108
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
20.2%#706 of 940
▲ 56
#58 of 108
▲ 5
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
29.9%#658 of 946
▲ 81
#51 of 109
▲ 9
Enrollment
ranked largest first
275#777 of 1,056#96 of 114
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.7:1#318 of 896#43 of 107
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
26.3%#843 of 896#91 of 107
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
89.5%#36 of 983#14 of 114
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+4.6%#148 of 200#30 of 45
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 2024-25
Enrollment
275
+40 (+17%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2527518.714.7:189% (246)
2023-2425317.814.2:190% (228)
2022-2325718.513.9:191% (233)
2020-212351515.7:186% (201)
2017-1826320.412.9:184% (221)
2015-162782013.9:188% (246)
2010-113542116.9:195% (337)
2000-014592816.4:173% (336)
1990-913601721.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beach Court Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students up 5% (263 to 275); teachers down 8% (20.4 to 18.7).

About Beach Court Elementary School

Families in DENVER, Colorado, are served by Beach Court Elementary School, a small elementary school. It had 275 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Colorado have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 27% lower.

Within Denver Public Schools, Beach Court Elementary School is one of 198 schools. The district enrolls 90,471 students.

Hispanic students account for 85% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 11% White and 3% Black. Among all residents of Denver County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.

Beach Court Elementary School lists 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.7 students per teacher. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 89% of the student body. On average, public schools in Denver County report 63%.

Among Colorado public elementary schools, Beach Court Elementary School outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Beach Court Elementary School is 12.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 22.4%.

In the surrounding county, Denver County, the median household earns about $94,718 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Denver County has 206 public schools with about 91,233 students, including Beach Court Elementary School.

Beach Court Elementary School's nearest public school is Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside (about 0.7 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Beach Court Elementary School places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.

Federal data place Beach Court Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.

Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 40 students, from 235 to 275. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.7:1).

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Denver County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Beach Court Elementary School
District
Denver Public Schools
Address
4950 BEACH COURT, DENVER, CO 80221
Phone
(720) 424-9470
County
Denver County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
275
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
14.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
246 (89%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
080336000313
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Beach Court Elementary School
How many students attend Beach Court Elementary School?
Beach Court Elementary School enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-05.
Is Beach Court Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Beach Court Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Beach Court Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Beach Court Elementary School.
How diverse is Beach Court Elementary School?
Beach Court Elementary School reports a student body of 11% White, 85% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Beach Court Elementary School public or private?
Beach Court Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
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