Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336006364
Cole Arts and Science Academy
1350 E 33RD AVE, DENVER, CO 80205 · (720) 423-9120 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
230 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 | 32 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
49%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
13.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
7.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.6% | 7.9% |
| 2023-24 | 13.1% | 10.0% |
% 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
12.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Cole Arts and Science Academy
Cole Arts and Science Academy's state test result (12.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Arts and Science Academy this school | 275 | 83.6% | 12.4% |
| Wyatt Academy DENVER | 240 | 81.3% | 23.7% |
| Colfax Elementary School DENVER | 280 | 89.3% | 21.5% |
| Monterey Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 272 | 80.1% | 30.7% |
| Stratton Meadows Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 290 | 83.8% | 15.7% |
| Bricker Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 269 | 82.5% | 20.0% |
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 Cole Arts and Science Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #899 of 931 | #102 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #909 of 940 ▼ 31 | #101 of 108 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #905 of 946 ▼ 10 | #99 of 109 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #778 of 1,056 | #97 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #117 of 896 | #14 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #473 of 896 | #59 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.6% | #118 of 983 | #47 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.3% | #25 of 664 | #3 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
275
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-60% since 2010-11, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 275 | 21.1 | 13.0:1 | 84% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 21.4 | 12.5:1 | 87% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 21.3 | 12.0:1 | 87% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 23 | 12.2:1 | 89% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 36.6 | 13.0:1 | 89% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 92% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 97% (666) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cole Arts and Science Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (477 to 275); teachers down 42% (36.6 to 21.1).
About Cole Arts and Science Academy
Cole Arts and Science Academy is an elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, reachable at (720) 423-9120. Enrollment is 275 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 27% lower.
Denver Public Schools runs 198 schools with a combined 90,471 students. Cole Arts and Science Academy is one of them.
Cole Arts and Science Academy is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 15% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Denver County's population at about 28%. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Cole Arts and Science Academy total 21.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school counts 230 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 84%. The average for public schools in Denver County is 63%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Cole Arts and Science Academy receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Cole Arts and Science Academy is 3.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Colorado schools.
Denver County census figures show that the median household income is $94,718, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Denver County is home to 206 public schools and about 91,233 public school students.
DSST: Cole Middle School is the public school closest to Cole Arts and Science Academy, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 16.9%; Cole Arts and Science Academy's is 12.4%, ranking 5th of 7.
Cole Arts and Science Academy falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 281 in 2020-21, 275 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Cole Arts and Science Academy covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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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- DSST: Cole Middle School0.1 mi · 282
- DSST: Cole High School0.1 mi · 287
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- Wyatt Academy0.4 mi · 240
- Manual Middle School0.5 mi · 257
- Manual High School0.5 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About Cole Arts and Science AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Cole Arts and Science Academy?
Cole Arts and Science Academy enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cole Arts and Science Academy serve?
Cole Arts and Science Academy serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Cole Arts and Science Academy?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Cole Arts and Science Academy.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cole Arts and Science Academy?
At Cole Arts and Science Academy, the student body is approximately 11% White, 69% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Cole Arts and Science Academy public or private?
Cole Arts and Science Academy 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.