Excel Academy

Set in DENVER, Colorado, Excel Academy is a minimally staffed senior high, overseen by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. It educates 227 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 627 students each, so Excel Academy sits 64% 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. Excel Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Excel Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%); the rest reads as 4% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Excel Academy has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 85% 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Denver County put the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), Excel Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Johnson Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Excel Academy has fell 12%, going from 258 students in 2018 to 227 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 84% to 92% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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