Cory Elementary School

Located at 1550 SOUTH STEELE STREET, in DENVER, Colorado, Cory Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus that caters to 407 students (grades 1 through 5), operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 90,471 students. Cory Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cory Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest is composed of 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 23% of students at Cory Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Denver County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cory Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.7%; Cory Elementary School posts 73.9%, +21.2 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Denver County) reports that median household income runs about $94,718, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Cory Elementary School is one.

Merrill Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cory Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cory Elementary School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cory Elementary School's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 407). Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 70%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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