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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000323
Carson Elementary School
5420 EAST 1ST AVENUE, DENVER, CO 80220 · (720) 424-9090 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
73 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
73.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +9.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 51.1% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 Carson Elementary School
Carson Elementary School's state test result (64.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Elementary School this school | 412 | 17.7% | 64.4% |
| Edith Wolford Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 372 | 20.4% | 51.9% |
| Hopkins Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 372 | 19.9% | 56.2% |
| Frontier Valley Elementary School PARKER | 369 | 13.3% | 53.4% |
| Teller Elementary School DENVER | 518 | 22.0% | 67.7% |
| Runyon Elementary School LITTLETON | 423 | 20.3% | 64.0% |
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 Carson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #103 of 931 | #16 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #139 of 940 ▲ 85 | #18 of 108 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #62 of 946 ▲ 79 | #12 of 109 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #401 of 1,056 | #49 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #645 of 896 | #78 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #606 of 896 | #70 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.7% | #855 of 983 | #108 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #460 of 664 | #41 of 63 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
412
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 350
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 412 | 24.5 | 16.8:1 | 18% (73) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 26.1 | 15.9:1 | 16% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 26.5 | 15.5:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 27.2 | 17.0:1 | 12% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 15% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 19% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 216 | 23 | 9.4:1 | 28% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 350 | 24 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (462 to 412); teachers down 10% (27.2 to 24.5).
About Carson Elementary School
Federal records list Carson Elementary School as an elementary school in DENVER, Colorado. Federal data show 412 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Besides Carson Elementary School, Denver Public Schools runs 197 other schools. The district enrolls 90,471 students.
More than half of the students at Carson Elementary School are White (74%). The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Denver County's population at about 59%. The diversity index for Carson Elementary School is 43%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Carson Elementary School totals 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is about 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Carson Elementary School is about 18%. Public schools in Denver County average 63%.
Carson Elementary School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 87% of Colorado public elementary schools.
In Colorado, Carson Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 64.4% actual against a predicted 56.0%.
Census data for Denver County show the median household earns about $94,718 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Denver County number 206, with about 91,233 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Carson Elementary School from the closest public school, Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences. The five-mile area around Carson Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Carson Elementary School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.4% against a local average of 41.9%.
Carson Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 432 in 2020-21 to 412 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 16.8:1.
The allk12 page for Carson Elementary School lets the school community talk about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other schools in DENVER
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other Carson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Carson Elementary. Carson Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Carson Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 724 students
- Carson Elementary SchoolDECATUR, TX · 489 students
- Carson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 488 students
- Carson Elementary SchoolNewark, OH · 414 students
- Carson ElementarySan Diego, CA · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences0.7 mi · 651
- Denver Language School0.8 mi · 930
- Steck Elementary School0.9 mi · 323
- George Washington High School0.9 mi · 1,326
- Delta High School1.0 mi · 105
- Palmer Elementary School1.0 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About Carson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carson Elementary School?
Carson Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carson Elementary School serve?
Carson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Carson Elementary School have?
Carson Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carson Elementary School?
At Carson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Carson Elementary School public or private?
Carson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.