Inspire Elementary

Inspire Elementary operates as a high-enrollment primary school in DENVER, Colorado, run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Current enrollment sits at 645 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Inspire Elementary sits 70% larger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Inspire Elementary records that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder looks like 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Denver County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Inspire Elementary has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Inspire Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Inspire Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 58.3%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Denver County put median household income runs about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Inspire Elementary is one.

Denver Green School Northfield is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Inspire Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 34.3%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Inspire Elementary has climbed 609%, going from 91 students in 2018 to 645 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 12% to 6%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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