Enrollment
373
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000325
Cheltenham Elementary School
1580 JULIAN STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 · (720) 424-8810 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL373 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
318 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 61 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 14% |
Student demographics
55%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
11.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -7.3pp since 2023
Math
4.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.8% | 4.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.1% | 3.8% |
% 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
11.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 →
Where Cheltenham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #908 of 931 | #104 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.2% | #936 of 940 | #107 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #917 of 946 | #102 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 373 | #498 of 1,056 | #59 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #23 of 896 | #1 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #316 of 896 | #49 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #96 of 983 | #41 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #556 of 664 | #51 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
373
+74 (+25%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 373 | 33.7 | 11.1:1 | 85% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 32.4 | 11.9:1 | 82% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 22.1 | 12.9:1 | 90% (258) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 88% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 25.1 | 15.8:1 | 93% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 98% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 86% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 38 | 18.1:1 | 91% (629) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cheltenham Elementary School.
About Cheltenham Elementary School
Cheltenham Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in DENVER, Colorado. It had 373 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Denver Public Schools counts 90,471 students in its 198 schools, and Cheltenham Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Cheltenham Elementary School is 63% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 23% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. 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 55%.
The school lists 33.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 85% of the student body. Across public schools in Denver County, the average is 63%.
Cheltenham Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 11.4% is 3.6 points below the 15.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Denver County, median household income comes to about $94,718, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 206, with about 91,233 students.
Measured in a straight line, Lake Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Cheltenham Elementary School. The five-mile area around Cheltenham Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Cheltenham Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 74 students, from 299 to 373. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.5:1).
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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
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- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
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- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
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- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Middle School0.3 mi · 592
- Colfax Elementary School0.7 mi · 280
- Eagleton Elementary School0.8 mi · 317
- Brown International Academy0.9 mi · 530
- Career Education Center Early College1.0 mi · 468
- Cowell Elementary School1.0 mi · 308
Frequently asked questions
About Cheltenham Elementary SchoolHow large is Cheltenham Elementary School?
Cheltenham Elementary School enrolls approximately 373 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cheltenham Elementary School serve?
Cheltenham Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cheltenham Elementary School?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at Cheltenham Elementary School.
How diverse is Cheltenham Elementary School?
Cheltenham Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 63% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Cheltenham Elementary School?
Cheltenham Elementary School is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
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