Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School

Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School is one of the modestly sized middle-grades schools in DENVER, Colorado, overseen by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, with 223 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 52% smaller than typical.

Across the 198 schools in School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C (90,471 students total), Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Denver County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Denver County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 48.6%, a residual of +0.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Denver County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Girls Athletic Leadership School High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 18.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 32%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 223 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 33% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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