Enrollment
302
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080723001232
Metropolitan Arts Academy
2341 SHERRELWOOD DRIVE, DENVER, CO 80221 · (303) 428-1884 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL302 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest 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
15.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
243 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 15 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Metropolitan Arts Academy→Westminster High School
Based on grade levels within Westminster Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
30.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
16.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.3% | 16.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.7% | 15.6% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Metropolitan Arts Academy
Metropolitan Arts Academy's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Arts Academy this school | 302 | 80.5% | 25.6% |
| Rocky Mountain Elementary School LONGMONT | 315 | 82.9% | 20.8% |
| Deane Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 341 | 80.1% | 11.6% |
| Northridge Elementary School LONGMONT | 318 | 77.4% | 18.6% |
| Johnson Elementary School DENVER | 294 | 87.1% | 16.3% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School NORTHGLENN | 338 | 84.3% | 14.8% |
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 Metropolitan Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #665 of 931 | #35 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #775 of 940 ▲ 10 | #52 of 89 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #651 of 946 ▼ 26 | #35 of 89 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 302 | #710 of 1,056 | #82 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #382 of 896 | #21 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #826 of 896 | #71 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #145 of 983 | #32 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #581 of 664 | #51 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
302
-26 (-8%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 390
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 302 | 20.1 | 15.0:1 | 80% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | 84% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 23.9 | 14.5:1 | 78% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 81% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 19.1 | 16.6:1 | 85% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 18 | 19.4:1 | 83% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 84% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 47% (152) |
| 1990-91 | 390 | 19 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Metropolitan Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (317 to 302); teachers up 6% (19.1 to 20.1).
About Metropolitan Arts Academy
Metropolitan Arts Academy is a low-enrollment elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools in Westminster Public Schools. The school enrolls 302 students in pre-K through 8. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 20% below average.
Westminster Public Schools counts 7,724 students in its 18 schools, and Metropolitan Arts Academy is one of them.
The share of students at Metropolitan Arts Academy who are Hispanic is 84%. Other groups include 8% White and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 43% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 28, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.0 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. The school reported 80% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Adams County average 62%.
On the allk12 Grade, Metropolitan Arts Academy lands at B-, ahead of 47% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Metropolitan Arts Academy is 7.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.6% versus 17.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
In the surrounding county, Adams County, the median household earns about $94,571 a year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Metropolitan Arts Academy, Adams County has 171 public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Fairview PK-8, is the closest to Metropolitan Arts Academy. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Metropolitan Arts Academy ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Metropolitan Arts Academy is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Metropolitan Arts Academy enrolled 328 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 302.
This page collects posts and questions about Metropolitan Arts Academy, such as homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westminster Public Schools
- Westminster High SchoolHigh · 2,010 students
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- Sunset Ridge PK-8Elementary · 449 students
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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
- Fairview PK-80.5 mi · 397
- Sherrelwood Elementary School0.7 mi · 204
- Crown Pointe Charter Academy0.7 mi · 461
- Early Learning Center at Gregory Hill0.8 mi · 137
- The Pinnacle Charter School0.9 mi · 1,905
- Orchard Park Academy1.0 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Metropolitan Arts AcademyHow many students attend Metropolitan Arts Academy?
Metropolitan Arts Academy enrolls approximately 302 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Metropolitan Arts Academy serve?
Metropolitan Arts Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Metropolitan Arts Academy?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Metropolitan Arts Academy.
What is the student diversity at Metropolitan Arts Academy?
Student demographics at Metropolitan Arts Academy are roughly 8% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Metropolitan Arts Academy in?
Metropolitan Arts Academy is part of Westminster Public Schools.
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