Enrollment
171
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000329
Columbian Elementary School
2925 WEST 40TH AVENUE, DENVER, CO 80211 · (720) 424-8580 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest 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
11.5:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
148 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 | 33 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
35%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
14.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.9pp since 2023
Math
11.9%
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 12 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 16.9% | 14.0% |
% 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
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Columbian Elementary School
Columbian Elementary School's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbian Elementary School this school | 171 | 86.5% | 16.8% |
| Alice Terry Elementary School ENGLEWOOD | 167 | 83.8% | N/A |
| KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary DENVER | 146 | 89.0% | N/A |
| Sherrelwood Elementary School DENVER | 204 | 85.3% | 23.8% |
| Columbine Elementary School LONGMONT | 231 | 89.2% | 24.7% |
| Bradford Elementary School PUEBLO | 252 | 89.3% | 15.6% |
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 Columbian Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #826 of 931 | #78 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #864 of 940 ▼ 51 | #90 of 108 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #897 of 946 ▼ 39 | #94 of 109 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #923 of 1,056 | #109 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #75 of 983 | #30 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #53 of 664 | #9 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
171
-48 (-22%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
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 | 171 | 14.9 | 11.5:1 | 87% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 171 | 15.9 | 10.7:1 | 85% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 18.3 | 9.9:1 | 87% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 219 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 84% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 82% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 292 | 21 | 13.9:1 | 87% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 93% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 21 | 16.7:1 | 70% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 20 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbian Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (268 to 171); teachers down 32% (22 to 14.9).
About Columbian Elementary School
Columbian Elementary School is an elementary school located in DENVER, Colorado, in Denver County. Enrollment stands at 171 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 55% below the average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Denver Public Schools serves 90,471 students across 198 schools.
The student body at Columbian Elementary School is 80% Hispanic. It is also 11% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Denver County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 52 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at Columbian Elementary School are from different groups.
Columbian Elementary School lists 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. About 87% of students at Columbian Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Denver County averages 63%, lower than here.
Columbian Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Columbian Elementary School is +2.6 points: 16.8% actual, 14.2% predicted.
In Denver County, the median household earns about $94,718 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Denver County has 206 public schools with about 91,233 students, including Columbian Elementary School.
The closest school to Columbian Elementary School is Skinner Middle School, located about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Columbian Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.8% against a local average of 36.2%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count fell 22% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
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- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other Columbian Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Columbian Elementary. Columbian Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Columbian Elementary SchoolPUEBLO, CO · 371 students
- COLUMBIAN ELEM.CARTHAGE, MO · 398 students
- COLUMBIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Skinner Middle School0.5 mi · 673
- Academia Ana Marie Sandoval0.6 mi · 409
- Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School0.8 mi · 162
- North High School0.8 mi · 1,653
- North High School Engagement Center0.9 mi · 103
- Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 School0.9 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Columbian Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Columbian Elementary School?
Columbian Elementary School enrolls approximately 171 students in grades PK-05.
Is Columbian Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbian Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Columbian Elementary School have?
Columbian Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Columbian Elementary School?
Student demographics at Columbian Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 80% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Columbian Elementary School public or private?
Columbian Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
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