Carson Elementary School

Carson Elementary School is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in DENVER, Colorado, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, educateing 412 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 198 schools in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (90,471 students total), Carson Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carson Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Carson Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carson Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 64.4%, a residual of +8.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Denver County indicate median household income runs about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Carson Elementary School is one.

Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carson Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Carson Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 462 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Carson Elementary School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.