DSST: Cole Middle School

As a cozy 6-8 campus in DENVER, Colorado, DSST: Cole Middle School works with 282 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so DSST: Cole Middle School sits 39% below that benchmark.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, DSST: Cole Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, DSST: Cole Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Black, 4% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting DSST: Cole Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Denver County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, DSST: Cole Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 14.5%, the actual is 16.1%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Denver County shows median household income runs about $94,718, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which DSST: Cole Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is DSST: Cole High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DSST: Cole Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. DSST: Cole Middle School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. DSST: Cole Middle School's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 282). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 78% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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