Grant Beacon Middle School

Grant Beacon Middle School, a close-knit middle school in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, enrolls 339 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; Grant Beacon Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Grant Beacon Middle School shows that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 27% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Grant Beacon Middle School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Grant Beacon Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

In the broader community, Denver County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Grant Beacon Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Asbury Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Grant Beacon Middle School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

Grant Beacon Middle School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 73% to 54% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.