French American School of Denver
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
About French American School of Denver
French American School of Denver, a low-enrollment elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, enrolls 230 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so French American School of Denver sits 39% below that benchmark.
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; French American School of Denver is among them.
On demographics, French American School of Denver shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at French American School of Denver qualify 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 south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), French American School of Denver sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 61.1%.
Across the wider county, Denver County reports that median household income runs about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. French American School of Denver is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).
Prep Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, French American School of Denver comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.
French American School of Denver operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, French American School of Denver runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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