Beach Court Elementary School

Beach Court Elementary School, a modestly sized primary school in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, educates 275 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Beach Court Elementary School sits 27% below that benchmark.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; Beach Court Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Beach Court Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 11% White, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, Beach Court Elementary School records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Beach Court Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Denver County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Beach Court Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 12.5%; this one delivers 22.4%.

In the area at large, Denver County reports that median household income runs about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Beach Court Elementary School is one.

Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Beach Court Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 263 students in 2018 compared to 275 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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