Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000351
Garden Place Academy
4425 LINCOLN STREET, DENVER, CO 80216 · (720) 424-7220 · Denver County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest 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
13.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
331 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 80 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
39%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
17.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
12.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.6% | 12.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 12.7% |
% 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
14.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Garden Place Academy
Garden Place Academy's state test result (14.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Place Academy this school | 385 | 86.0% | 14.7% |
| Valverde Elementary School DENVER | 359 | 85.2% | 14.2% |
| Eagleton Elementary School DENVER | 317 | 87.1% | 17.7% |
| Swansea Elementary School DENVER | 381 | 86.4% | 13.1% |
| North Star Elementary School DENVER | 320 | 86.3% | 13.9% |
| Central Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 421 | 90.5% | 7.1% |
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 Garden Place Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #868 of 931 | #90 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.5% | #856 of 940 ▼ 20 | #88 of 108 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #860 of 946 ▼ 51 | #81 of 109 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #465 of 1,056 | #54 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #220 of 896 | #27 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #694 of 896 | #74 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.0% | #82 of 983 | #35 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #173 of 200 | #39 of 45 |
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
385
+64 (+20%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 385 | 27.6 | 13.9:1 | 86% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 378 | 24.5 | 15.4:1 | 87% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 24.5 | 16.0:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2020-21 | 321 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 85% (273) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 22.9 | 16.4:1 | 94% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 91% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 97% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 76% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 18 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garden Place Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (376 to 385); teachers up 20% (22.9 to 27.6).
About Garden Place Academy
In DENVER, Colorado, Garden Place Academy is a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 385 students, from pre-K through 6.
Garden Place Academy is part of a district of 198 schools: Denver Public Schools, with 90,471 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Garden Place Academy, at 77%. The remaining students are 11% White, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Denver County is about 28% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 39% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 86%. It compares with 63% for public schools in Denver County.
allk12 grades Garden Place Academy a C-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.6% for Garden Place Academy. The school posts 14.7%, within a point of the prediction.
Denver County census figures show that the median household income is $94,718, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Denver County is home to 206 public schools and about 91,233 public school students.
The shortest distance from Garden Place Academy to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Trevista at Horace Mann. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 20.7%, higher than Garden Place Academy's 14.7%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 20% enrollment gain, from 321 in 2020-21 to 385 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.8:1 to 13.9:1.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- 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
- Trevista at Horace Mann0.9 mi · 482
- Rocky Mountain Prep Sunnyside1.1 mi · 154
- Wyatt Academy1.2 mi · 240
- Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School1.2 mi · 162
- Cole Arts and Science Academy1.3 mi · 275
- Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 School1.3 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Garden Place AcademyHow large is Garden Place Academy?
Garden Place Academy enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-06.
Is Garden Place Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garden Place Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Garden Place Academy have?
Garden Place Academy employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garden Place Academy?
At Garden Place Academy, the student body is approximately 11% White, 77% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Garden Place Academy public or private?
Garden Place Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.