Lowry Elementary School

Lowry Elementary School is one of the mid-tier primary schools in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, with 400 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Lowry Elementary School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that enrolls 90,471 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Lowry Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 20% White, 7% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Lowry Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lowry Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.4%; this one delivers 25.9%.

In the surrounding community, 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%. Lowry Elementary School is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

Denver Green School Southeast is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lowry Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Lowry Elementary School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.4%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lowry Elementary School has ticked down 21%, going from 509 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 42% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.