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What's one thing Denver Center for International Studies gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
354
High
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336001917
Denver Center for International Studies
574 WEST 6TH AVE, DENVER, CO 80204 · (720) 423-9000 · Denver County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Colorado public high schools
- CTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
253 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 14% |
Student demographics
45%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
45.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
14.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 14.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.6% | 12.3% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Denver Center for International Studies
Denver Center for International Studies's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Center for International Studies this school | 354 | 71.5% | 24.8% |
| Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts THORNTON | 393 | 69.2% | 13.8% |
| Academy High School THORNTON | 399 | 74.4% | 12.0% |
| Mapleton Early Career Preparation THORNTON | 306 | 72.2% | N/A |
| Centennial High School PUEBLO | 801 | 70.4% | 11.1% |
| Alamosa High School ALAMOSA | 568 | 72.9% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Denver Center for International Studies ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #142 of 231 | #11 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #39 of 54 ▲ 4 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #21 of 57 ▲ 9 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #195 of 409 | #26 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #36 of 250 | #14 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #146 of 250 | #19 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #78 of 320 | #34 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -51.5% | #7 of 139 | #2 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
354
-207 (-37%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 354 | 26.1 | 13.6:1 | 71% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 30.8 | 14.7:1 | 72% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 30.7 | 15.3:1 | 69% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 61% (343) |
| 2017-18 | 730 | 41.9 | 17.4:1 | 61% (444) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 38 | 19.4:1 | 55% (409) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 24 | 26.8:1 | 44% (286) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denver Center for International Studies.
Since 2017-18: students down 52% (730 to 354); teachers down 38% (41.9 to 26.1).
About Denver Center for International Studies
Among the schools in DENVER, Colorado, is Denver Center for International Studies, a small high school. Students in grades 6 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 354 students. For comparison, high schools in Colorado average about 627 students.
Denver Public Schools serves 90,471 students across 198 schools.
Roughly 72% of students at Denver Center for International Studies are Hispanic. Other groups include 12% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American, and 4% Black. By comparison, Denver County residents are about 28% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Denver Center for International Studies in 2024-25, for a ratio of 13.6:1. That is 3.3 students per teacher below the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 71%. The rate at public schools in Denver County averages 63%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Denver Center for International Studies a C+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Denver Center for International Studies is +1.4 points: 24.8% actual, 23.4% predicted.
Denver County has these Census figures: the median household income is $94,718, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Denver County is home to 206 public schools and about 91,233 public school students.
The closest public school to Denver Center for International Studies is Girls Athletic Leadership School High School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 24.8% is below the 24.9% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over 4 years, Denver Center for International Studies's enrollment dropped 37%, to 354. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.5:1 to 13.6:1.
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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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- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other schools in DENVER
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- Girls Athletic Leadership School High School0.2 mi · 59
- Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School0.2 mi · 223
- Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmont0.4 mi · 344
- West High School0.4 mi · 519
- West Middle School0.4 mi · 188
- Compassion Road Academy0.5 mi · 96
Frequently asked questions
About Denver Center for International StudiesHow many students attend Denver Center for International Studies?
Denver Center for International Studies enrolls approximately 354 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Denver Center for International Studies serve?
Denver Center for International Studies serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Denver Center for International Studies?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Denver Center for International Studies is approximately 13.6:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Denver Center for International Studies?
At Denver Center for International Studies, the student body is approximately 12% White, 72% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Denver Center for International Studies?
Denver Center for International Studies is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.