Denver School of the Arts

Located at 7111 MONTVIEW BLVD, in DENVER, Colorado, Denver School of the Arts is an expansive high school that caters to 1,044 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Denver School of the Arts sits 67% above that benchmark.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; Denver School of the Arts is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Denver School of the Arts shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Denver School of the Arts has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.9:1 average. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Denver School of the Arts sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 57.1%; actual is 70.8%, +13.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Denver County) records that the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 School of the Arts is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Odyssey School of Denver, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Denver School of the Arts comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Denver School of the Arts's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,103 (now 1,044). The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 today.

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