Denver Center for International Studies

Denver Center for International Studies is one of the low-enrollment four-year high schools in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, with 354 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 627 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.

Denver Center for International Studies is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that caters to 90,471 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Denver Center for International Studies reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 12% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American, 4% Black. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Denver County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Denver Center for International Studies sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 23.4%; this one delivers 24.8%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Denver County) shows that 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. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), Denver Center for International Studies is one campus in the mix.

Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Denver Center for International Studies ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 24.9%.

Denver Center for International Studies operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 52%: 730 students in 2018 compared to 354 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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