Cole Arts and Science Academy

Located at 1350 E 33RD AVE, in DENVER, Colorado, Cole Arts and Science Academy is a compact primary school that works with 275 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 379.

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

In terms of who attends, Cole Arts and Science Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cole Arts and Science Academy has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cole Arts and Science Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.0%, the actual is 12.4%, a residual of -3.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Denver County shows the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Cole Arts and Science Academy is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

DSST: Cole High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cole Arts and Science Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cole Arts and Science Academy at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 16.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 42%: 477 students in 2018 compared to 275 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 20% to 15% across the same window.

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