Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design

Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design is a minimally staffed high school in DENVER, Colorado, run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. The school caters to 60 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% below the state mean of about 627.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design shows that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Denver County's rate of about 63%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Denver County indicate 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 School of Innovation and Sustainable Design is one.

Nearest neighbor: Morey Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 74%: 234 students in 2018 compared to 60 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 16% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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