Compassion Road Academy

Located at 1000 CHEROKEE STREET, in DENVER, Colorado, Compassion Road Academy is a micro-enrollment secondary school that works with 96 students (grades 9 through 12), run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 85% below typical.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; Compassion Road Academy is among them.

In terms of who attends, Compassion Road Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Black, 16% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American. 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, The school employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Denver County put median household income runs about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Compassion Road Academy is one.

The closest other public school is West Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Compassion Road Academy operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 51%: 197 students in 2018 compared to 96 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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