Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336006525
Oakland Elementary
4580 DEARBORN STREET, DENVER, CO 80239 · (720) 424-5070 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
301 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 | 58 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
49%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
11.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
18.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.2% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 9.8% | 11.7% |
% 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
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Oakland Elementary
Oakland Elementary's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland Elementary this school | 352 | 85.5% | 16.1% |
| Vanguard Classical School - West DENVER | 380 | 83.4% | 17.4% |
| Cheltenham Elementary School DENVER | 373 | 85.3% | 11.4% |
| Lansing Elementary Community School AURORA | 366 | 85.8% | 10.3% |
| Cole Arts and Science Academy DENVER | 275 | 83.6% | 12.4% |
| Carmel Community School COLORADO SPRINGS | 490 | 87.6% | 17.5% |
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 Oakland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #839 of 931 | #83 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #733 of 940 ▲ 112 | #62 of 108 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #922 of 946 ▲ 9 | #103 of 109 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #558 of 1,056 | #65 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #301 of 896 | #41 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #481 of 896 | #60 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #88 of 983 | #38 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #115 of 200 | #21 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
352
+84 (+31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 352 | 24.1 | 14.6:1 | 86% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 24.6 | 12.2:1 | 81% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 263 | 19.8 | 13.3:1 | 83% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 23 | 11.7:1 | 76% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 25.8 | 12.7:1 | 88% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 91% (411) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oakland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (326 to 352); teachers down 6% (25.8 to 24.1).
About Oakland Elementary
Oakland Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools in Denver Public Schools. Federal data show 352 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Denver Public Schools has 90,471 students in 198 schools, and Oakland Elementary is one of those schools.
About 68% of the student body at Oakland Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups make up 20% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% White, and 2% Pacific Islander. County-wide, 28% of Denver County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Oakland Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 14.6:1 is based on 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. In all, 86% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Denver County report 63%.
A school with Oakland Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 14.9%. Oakland Elementary scores 16.1%, 1.2 points above that line.
The county, Denver County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $94,718 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Oakland Elementary, Denver County has 206 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Maxwell Elementary School is closest at about 0.4 miles. Oakland Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 11.1% proficiency; Oakland Elementary posts 16.1%.
Oakland Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
In 2020-21, Oakland Elementary enrolled 268 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 352. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.7:1 to 14.6:1.
This page is set up for the Oakland Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Oakland Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 12 states are named Oakland Elementary. Oakland Elementary is the 11th largest of the 16.
- Oakland ElementaryClarksville, TN · 1,044 students
- Oakland Elementary SchoolRICHMOND, TX · 811 students
- Oakland ElementaryInman, SC · 722 students
- Oakland ElementaryOakland, TN · 621 students
- Oakland ElementaryCharleston, SC · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Maxwell Elementary School0.4 mi · 638
- Marie L. Greenwood Academy0.6 mi · 597
- Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School0.7 mi · 585
- Montbello High School0.8 mi · 1,112
- Escalante-Biggs Academy0.9 mi · 306
- Barney Ford Elementary School1.0 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Oakland ElementaryHow large is Oakland Elementary?
Oakland Elementary enrolls approximately 352 students in grades PK-05.
Is Oakland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oakland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Oakland Elementary have?
Oakland Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Oakland Elementary?
Oakland Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 68% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Oakland Elementary?
Oakland Elementary is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
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