Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000388
Newlon Elementary School
361 VRAIN STREET, DENVER, CO 80219 · (720) 424-5150 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% 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
12.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
271 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 33 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
18%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
19.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
19.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.5% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 12.4% | 11.4% |
% 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
16.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
10.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 11% 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 Newlon Elementary School
Newlon Elementary School's state test result (16.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newlon Elementary School this school | 293 | 92.5% | 16.5% |
| Cowell Elementary School DENVER | 308 | 91.6% | 9.7% |
| Haskin Elementary School CENTER | 312 | 90.7% | 20.5% |
| Knapp Elementary School DENVER | 351 | 91.2% | 23.2% |
| Rose Hill Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 315 | 88.9% | 9.4% |
| Godsman Elementary School DENVER | 332 | 91.9% | 15.1% |
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 Newlon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #833 of 931 | #80 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #716 of 940 ▲ 135 | #59 of 108 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #835 of 946 ▲ 66 | #78 of 109 ▲ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #730 of 1,056 | #91 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #94 of 896 | #9 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #881 of 896 | #101 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #14 of 983 | #5 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.2% | #34 of 664 | #5 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
293
-14 (-5%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 293 | 23.2 | 12.6:1 | 92% (271) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 94% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 19 | 15.0:1 | 92% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 307 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 86% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 93% (442) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 92% (512) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 96% (550) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 35 | 20.2:1 | 83% (587) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 21 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newlon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (474 to 293); teachers down 23% (30 to 23.2).
About Newlon Elementary School
Newlon Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in DENVER, Colorado. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 293 students. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
Newlon Elementary School falls under Denver Public Schools, which has 198 schools enrolling 90,471 students.
At Newlon Elementary School, 90% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 4% White. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Denver County residents. The diversity index for Newlon Elementary School is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 12.6:1 is based on 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 92%. On average, public schools in Denver County report 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Newlon Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 32% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Newlon Elementary School's results are 5.8 points above predicted: 16.5% against 10.6%.
In the surrounding county, Denver County, median household income comes to about $94,718, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 206, with about 91,233 students.
Cowell Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Newlon Elementary School is 3rd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 293, compared with 307 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.6:1, from 13.9:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- 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
- Cowell Elementary School0.7 mi · 308
- Barnum Elementary School0.9 mi · 334
- Knapp Elementary School1.0 mi · 351
- KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary1.1 mi · 146
- Eagleton Elementary School1.1 mi · 317
- New America School1.2 mi · 74
Frequently asked questions
About Newlon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Newlon Elementary School?
Newlon Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Newlon Elementary School serve?
Newlon Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newlon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newlon Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Newlon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Newlon Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Newlon Elementary School public or private?
Newlon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.