DSST: Cole High School

DSST: Cole High School operates as a close-knit high school in DENVER, Colorado, run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Current enrollment sits at 287 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 54% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

Across the 198 schools in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (90,471 students total), DSST: Cole High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, DSST: Cole High School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Black, 4% White. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting DSST: Cole High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at DSST: Cole High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DSST: Cole High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 16.9%, the actual is 11.8%, a residual of -5.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Denver County) logs that median household income runs about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), DSST: Cole High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DSST: Cole Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DSST: Cole High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 17.0%.

The school occupies an urban site. As a public charter, DSST: Cole High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DSST: Cole High School has decreased 28%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 287 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 69% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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