Maxwell Elementary School

Maxwell Elementary School operates as a large primary school in DENVER, Colorado, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Current enrollment sits at 638 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 68% bigger than typical.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; Maxwell Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Maxwell Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Denver County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Maxwell Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 10.4%; this one delivers 12.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Denver County put median household income runs about $94,718, 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), Maxwell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Montbello High School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Maxwell Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 11.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Maxwell Elementary School has grew 11%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 638 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 78% to 83% over that span.

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