Newlon Elementary School

Newlon Elementary School operates as an intimate elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, overseen by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Current enrollment sits at 293 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 379.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, Newlon Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newlon Elementary School reports that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Newlon Elementary School shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Denver County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Newlon Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 10.6%, the actual is 16.5%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Denver County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which Newlon Elementary School is one.

Cowell Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newlon Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 14.1%.

Newlon Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 293 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.