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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080723006373
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy
3475 WEST 67TH AVENUE, DENVER, CO 80221 · (303) 428-1121 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
523 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 67 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 68 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (68).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy→Westminster High School
Based on grade levels within Westminster Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
13.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
13.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.5% | 13.5% |
| 2023-24 | 13.1% | 11.6% |
% 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
12.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy's state test result (12.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy this school | 597 | 87.6% | 12.2% |
| Orchard Park Academy DENVER | 531 | 89.1% | 16.9% |
| Lumberg Elementary School EDGEWATER | 526 | 85.4% | 8.2% |
| Alsup Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 492 | 85.4% | 14.8% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill DENVER | 443 | 86.0% | 33.5% |
| Gust Elementary School DENVER | 602 | 82.2% | 37.5% |
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 Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #902 of 931 | #80 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #840 of 940 ▲ 15 | #63 of 89 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #906 of 946 ▼ 10 | #79 of 89 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #113 of 1,056 | #17 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #813 of 896 | #75 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #844 of 896 | #76 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #64 of 983 | #21 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #551 of 664 | #47 of 63 |
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
597
-69 (-10%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 597 | 32.1 | 18.6:1 | 88% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 560 | 36.2 | 15.5:1 | 90% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 38.7 | 15.8:1 | 86% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 666 | 38 | 17.5:1 | 82% (544) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 36.7 | 17.4:1 | 84% (537) |
| 2015-16 | 662 | 33 | 20.1:1 | 87% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | 36 | 20.8:1 | 83% (622) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (638 to 597); teachers down 13% (36.7 to 32.1).
About Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy is a large elementary school in DENVER, Colorado. It reported 597 students in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Colorado have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 58% higher.
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy is among 18 schools run by Westminster Public Schools, which serves 7,724 students.
Hispanic students account for 86% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 43%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 18.6:1 is based on 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 88% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 62%.
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Colorado public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy is 1.4 points below its prediction. Actual: 12.2%. Predicted: 13.6%.
Looking at the county, Adams County, the median household earns about $94,571 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Adams County has 171 public schools with about 87,938 students, including Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy.
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy is about 0.6 miles from Westminster High School, its nearest public school. Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy's average proficiency of 12.2% compares with 20.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 666 students in 2020-21 to 597 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.5:1 to 18.6:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy. You can also rate the school on this page.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westminster Public Schools
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
- Orchard Park AcademyElementary · 531 students
- Sunset Ridge PK-8Elementary · 449 students
- Colorado Sports Leadership AcademyElementary · 425 students
- Colorado STEM AcademyElementary · 415 students
- Fairview PK-8Elementary · 397 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
- Westminster High School0.6 mi · 2,010
- Colorado STEM Academy0.6 mi · 415
- Hidden Lake Secondary0.7 mi · 340
- Tennyson Knolls Preparatory School0.8 mi · 364
- Westminster Academy for International Studies0.9 mi · 258
- Trailside Academy1.0 mi · 492
Frequently asked questions
About Josephine Hodgkins Leadership AcademyHow many students attend Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy?
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-08.
Is Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy is approximately 18.6:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy?
Student demographics at Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy are roughly 7% White, 86% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy?
Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy is overseen by Westminster Public Schools in Adams County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.