KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary

KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary is a primary school of one-room-style scale in DENVER, Colorado, run under School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, enrolling 146 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 61% leaner than the state mean of about 379.

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

Demographically, KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%). Beyond that, the school lists 5% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Denver County reports that median household income runs about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

The closest other public school is Munroe Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary operates from a downtown location. KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

On this page, members of the KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.