Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School

Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School, a roomy K-5 school in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, hosts 585 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 54% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that teaches 90,471 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder is composed of 11% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 12.8%; this one delivers 12.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Denver County indicate median household income runs about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is one.

The closest other public school is McGlone Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 12.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School has fell 26%, going from 795 students in 2018 to 585 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 16% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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