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Enrollment
842
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336001276
McGlone Academy
4500 CROWN BOULEVARD, DENVER, CO 80239 · (720) 424-5660 · Denver County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
749 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 | 68 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 36 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 158% larger than its 8th grade class (36).
Student demographics
29%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
7.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
7.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 7.5% | 7.9% |
| 2023-24 | 6.6% | 3.2% |
% 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
8.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
12.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% 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 McGlone Academy
McGlone Academy's state test result (8.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGlone Academy this school | 842 | 89.0% | 8.3% |
| Maxwell Elementary School DENVER | 638 | 92.9% | 12.5% |
| Bella Romero Academy of Applied Technology GREELEY | 876 | 79.7% | 13.4% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Fletcher AURORA | 701 | 89.4% | 25.2% |
| Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School DENVER | 585 | 88.9% | 12.9% |
| Altura Elementary School AURORA | 527 | 93.4% | 6.1% |
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 McGlone Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #925 of 931 | #107 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.9% | #908 of 940 ▲ 27 | #100 of 108 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 7.5% | #939 of 946 ▲ 4 | #108 of 109 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #30 of 1,056 | #4 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #368 of 896 | #47 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #806 of 896 | #85 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #44 of 983 | #18 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #200 of 200 | #45 of 45 |
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
842
-15 (-2%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 513
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 842 | 56.5 | 14.9:1 | 89% (749) |
| 2023-24 | 835 | 56.2 | 14.9:1 | 91% (758) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 49.3 | 16.3:1 | 96% (771) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 62 | 13.8:1 | 92% (792) |
| 2017-18 | 840 | 54.4 | 15.4:1 | 94% (792) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 47 | 15.5:1 | 94% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 562 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 96% (538) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 39 | 18.7:1 | 74% (536) |
| 1990-91 | 513 | 24 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McGlone Academy.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (840 to 842); teachers up 4% (54.4 to 56.5).
About McGlone Academy
McGlone Academy is one of the public schools in DENVER, Colorado. It is a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment totals 842 students across pre-K through 8. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Denver Public Schools runs 198 schools with a combined 90,471 students. McGlone Academy is one of them.
Hispanic students are 83% of those enrolled at McGlone Academy. The next largest groups are 7% Black, 5% Pacific Islander, and 3% White. In Denver County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.9:1 is based on 56.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 1.7 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. The rate at public schools in Denver County averages 63%, lower than here.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for McGlone Academy is 12.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 8.3%.
The school is in Denver County, where the median household earns about $94,718 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. McGlone Academy shares Denver County with 205 other public schools.
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is the nearest public school to McGlone Academy, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 8.3% is below the 12.1% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place McGlone Academy in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
McGlone Academy had 857 students in 2020-21 and 842 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.8:1 in 2020-21 to 14.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- 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
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
- Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School0.4 mi · 585
- Monarch Montessori0.7 mi · 282
- Academy 3600.7 mi · 201
- Montbello High School0.7 mi · 1,112
- Maxwell Elementary School0.8 mi · 638
- Northeast Early College0.9 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About McGlone AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at McGlone Academy?
McGlone Academy enrolls approximately 842 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does McGlone Academy serve?
McGlone Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McGlone Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McGlone Academy is approximately 14.9:1 (56 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at McGlone Academy?
At McGlone Academy, the student body is approximately 3% White, 83% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is McGlone Academy in?
McGlone Academy is part of Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.