Knapp Elementary School

Knapp Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in DENVER, Colorado, overseen by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, with 351 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, Knapp Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Knapp Elementary School logs that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 4% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at Knapp Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Knapp Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.4%, the actual is 23.2%, a residual of +11.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Denver County put the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), Knapp Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Brady Exploration School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Knapp Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 13.1%.

Knapp Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Knapp Elementary School has fell 37%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.