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If you had an hour of school board time for Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
585
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336001928
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School
14250 EAST ALBROOK DRIVE, DENVER, CO 80239 · (720) 424-2740 · Denver County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
520 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 34% smaller than its 8th grade class (76).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
14.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
14.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 9.2% | 9.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
12.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School's state test result (12.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School this school | 585 | 88.9% | 12.9% |
| Marie L. Greenwood Academy DENVER | 597 | 88.4% | 15.9% |
| Maxwell Elementary School DENVER | 638 | 92.9% | 12.5% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Fletcher AURORA | 701 | 89.4% | 25.2% |
| Barney Ford Elementary School DENVER | 487 | 94.0% | 13.7% |
| Altura Elementary School AURORA | 527 | 93.4% | 6.1% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #892 of 931 | #99 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #815 of 940 ▲ 59 | #76 of 108 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #899 of 946 ▲ 33 | #96 of 109 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #124 of 1,056 | #22 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #173 of 896 | #23 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #814 of 896 | #86 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #46 of 983 | #19 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #167 of 664 | #17 of 63 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
585
-20 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 826
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 585 | 43.1 | 13.6:1 | 89% (520) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 40.9 | 14.6:1 | 90% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 569 | 36.2 | 15.7:1 | 89% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 605 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 88% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 52.7 | 15.1:1 | 94% (748) |
| 2015-16 | 866 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 91% (792) |
| 2010-11 | 826 | 44 | 18.8:1 | 93% (772) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (795 to 585); teachers down 18% (52.7 to 43.1).
About Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is an elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, reachable at (720) 424-2740. Enrollment totals 585 students across pre-K through 8. The school is 54% larger than the average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Denver Public Schools, which runs Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School, has 198 schools and 90,471 students.
By race and ethnicity, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is 84% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 11% Black. Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1, with 43.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 89% at Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School. It compares with 63% for public schools in Denver County.
On the allk12 Grade, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 12.9% is within a point of the 12.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Denver County show that the median household earns about $94,718 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Denver County has 206 public schools with about 91,233 students, including Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, McGlone Academy, is the closest to Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 585, compared with 605 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other schools in DENVER
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- McGlone Academy0.4 mi · 842
- Maxwell Elementary School0.7 mi · 638
- Oakland Elementary0.7 mi · 352
- Montbello High School0.8 mi · 1,112
- Academy 3601.0 mi · 201
- Monarch Montessori1.0 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 SchoolHow many students attend Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School?
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School serve?
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School.
How diverse is Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School?
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School reports a student body of 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School?
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.