Enrollment
162
High
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336006568
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School
4250 SHOSHONE STREET, DENVER, CO 80211 · (720) 424-2600 · Denver County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL162 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Colorado public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
11.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
125 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 37 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 7 | 4% |
| Grade 11 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 23 | 14% |
Student demographics
58%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -11.2pp since 2023
Math
9.0%
CO avg 36.1%
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 11 points since 2023.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | N/A |
% 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% 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 Montessori Junior/Senior High School
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School this school | 162 | 77.2% | 29.2% |
| Colorado Early Colleges Aurora AURORA | 567 | 77.1% | 10.2% |
| William Smith High School AURORA | 410 | 81.5% | 9.6% |
| Denver Center for International Studies DENVER | 354 | 71.5% | 24.8% |
| Aurora Science & Tech High School AURORA | 434 | 84.1% | N/A |
| DSST: Cole High School DENVER | 287 | 82.2% | 11.8% |
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 Montessori Junior/Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #118 of 231 | #9 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #45 of 54 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #38 of 57 ▼ 11 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 162 | #275 of 409 | #35 of 53 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.2% | #54 of 320 | #28 of 46 |
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
162
-74 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 162 | 14.4 | 11.3:1 | 77% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 16.4 | 10.8:1 | 70% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 13.1 | 14.3:1 | 56% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 13 | 18.1:1 | 46% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 186 | 14.5 | 12.8:1 | 47% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 109 | 7 | 15.6:1 | 47% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (186 to 162); teachers down 1% (14.5 to 14.4).
About Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School sits in DENVER, Colorado, and is classified as a high school. The school had 162 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Colorado) has about 627 students.
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School is one of 198 schools in Denver Public Schools, which enrolls 90,471 students in total.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School, at 59%. Other students are 23% White, 10% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Denver County residents. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School counts 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.3 students for each one. This ratio sits 5.7 below the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado. About 77% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Denver County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Colorado, Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.2% actual against a predicted 19.9%.
Federal survey data for Denver County show that the median household income is $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 206 public schools in Denver County, enrolling about 91,233 students in all.
Trevista at Horace Mann is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.2% against a local average of 22.9%.
Under the NCES locale system, Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School is City: Large.
Federal data show a 31% enrollment decrease, from 236 in 2020-21 to 162 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.1:1 in 2020-21 to 11.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
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- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- Trevista at Horace Mann0.4 mi · 482
- Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside0.5 mi · 154
- Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 School0.5 mi · 454
- Academia Ana Marie Sandoval0.6 mi · 409
- Columbian Elementary School0.8 mi · 171
- Beach Court Elementary School0.9 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High SchoolHow many students attend Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School?
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School enrolls approximately 162 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School serve?
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School.
How diverse is Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School?
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School reports a student body of 23% White, 59% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School?
Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
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