Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School

Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School operates as a tiny four-year high school in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Current enrollment sits at 162 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School sits 74% below that benchmark.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 90,471 students. Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School records that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 23% White, 10% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Denver County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 19.9%, the actual is 29.2%, a residual of +9.2 points.

In the area at large, Denver County reports 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. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School is one.

Trevista at Horace Mann is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 22.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 186 students in 2018 compared to 162 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment grew from 5% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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