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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336001739
Marie L. Greenwood Academy
5130 DURHAM COURT, DENVER, CO 80239 · (720) 424-6630 · Denver County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
528 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
25.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
13.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 25 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 are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.1% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 20.7% | 8.2% |
% 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
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% 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 Marie L. Greenwood Academy
Marie L. Greenwood Academy's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marie L. Greenwood Academy this school | 597 | 88.4% | 15.9% |
| Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School DENVER | 585 | 88.9% | 12.9% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Fletcher AURORA | 701 | 89.4% | 25.2% |
| Maxwell Elementary School DENVER | 638 | 92.9% | 12.5% |
| Barney Ford Elementary School DENVER | 487 | 94.0% | 13.7% |
| Ashley Elementary School DENVER | 387 | 86.0% | 13.4% |
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 Marie L. Greenwood Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #841 of 931 | #84 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #838 of 940 ▲ 61 | #83 of 108 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #738 of 946 ▲ 61 | #61 of 109 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #111 of 1,056 | #17 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #527 of 896 | #65 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #775 of 896 | #82 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.4% | #55 of 983 | #24 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #653 of 664 | #61 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
+117 (+24%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 783
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 37.4 | 16.0:1 | 88% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 37.3 | 16.1:1 | 92% (552) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 37.5 | 15.8:1 | 92% (543) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 88% (424) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 92% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 93% (593) |
| 2010-11 | 783 | 41 | 19.1:1 | 90% (708) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marie L. Greenwood Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (602 to 597); teachers up 13% (33 to 37.4).
About Marie L. Greenwood Academy
Marie L. Greenwood Academy is a large elementary school for students in DENVER, Colorado. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 597 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Colorado enroll around 379, and this school is 58% larger than that mark.
Marie L. Greenwood Academy is a school in Denver Public Schools. The district has 198 schools and 90,471 students.
Of every 100 students at Marie L. Greenwood Academy, about 81 are Hispanic. Other students are 14% Black and 2% Pacific Islander. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Denver County residents. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Marie L. Greenwood Academy are from different groups.
With 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is about 16.6:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Marie L. Greenwood Academy, 88% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Denver County average 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Marie L. Greenwood Academy lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Marie L. Greenwood Academy is 13.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.9%.
For Denver County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $94,718 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Denver County number 206, with about 91,233 students.
Of the public schools around it, Marie L. Greenwood Academy is closest to Maxwell Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Marie L. Greenwood Academy is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 24% rise, from 480 to 597.
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Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
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- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
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- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 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
- Maxwell Elementary School0.4 mi · 638
- Barney Ford Elementary School0.4 mi · 487
- Escalante-Biggs Academy0.5 mi · 306
- Montbello High School0.6 mi · 1,112
- Oakland Elementary0.6 mi · 352
- Lena Archuleta Elementary School0.9 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Marie L. Greenwood AcademyHow many students attend Marie L. Greenwood Academy?
Marie L. Greenwood Academy enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Marie L. Greenwood Academy serve?
Marie L. Greenwood Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marie L. Greenwood Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marie L. Greenwood Academy is approximately 16.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Marie L. Greenwood Academy?
Marie L. Greenwood Academy reports a student body of 1% White, 81% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Marie L. Greenwood Academy?
Marie L. Greenwood Academy is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.