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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTMINSTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080723001247
Orchard Park Academy
7395 ZUNI STREET, DENVER, CO 80221 · (303) 428-2300 · Adams County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
473 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
29%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
Orchard Park 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
19.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
13.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.9pp 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 13 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 13.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.1% | 14.1% |
% 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
16.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
12.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Orchard Park Academy
Orchard Park Academy's state test result (16.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Park Academy this school | 531 | 89.1% | 16.9% |
| Lumberg Elementary School EDGEWATER | 526 | 85.4% | 8.2% |
| Josephine Hodgkins Leadership Academy DENVER | 597 | 87.6% | 12.2% |
| Monaco Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 434 | 87.1% | 12.7% |
| Alsup Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 492 | 85.4% | 14.8% |
| Sunset Ridge PK-8 WESTMINSTER | 449 | 87.8% | 19.3% |
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 Orchard Park Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Adams County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #821 of 931 | #64 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #845 of 940 ▼ 34 | #65 of 89 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #833 of 946 ▲ 18 | #67 of 89 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #187 of 1,056 | #25 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #323 of 896 | #14 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #808 of 896 | #69 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #42 of 983 | #12 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.0% | #14 of 200 | #3 of 20 |
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
531
+162 (+44%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 531 | 36.2 | 14.7:1 | 89% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 35.2 | 14.9:1 | 93% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 32.1 | 17.8:1 | 87% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 90% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 24.6 | 14.1:1 | 87% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 92% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 22 | 18.8:1 | 88% (363) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 22 | 16.6:1 | 55% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Park Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 53% (347 to 531); teachers up 47% (24.6 to 36.2).
About Orchard Park Academy
Orchard Park Academy is an elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, according to federal school records. The latest federal count shows 531 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 40% higher.
Orchard Park Academy is part of a district of 18 schools: Westminster Public Schools, with 7,724 students.
At Orchard Park Academy, Hispanic students make up 83% of the student body. Smaller groups are 10% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 43% of Adams County residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Orchard Park Academy comes in at 29%.
A ratio of 14.7:1 comes from the school's 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 89% of students at Orchard Park Academy as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Adams County is 62%.
allk12 grades Orchard Park Academy a C. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Orchard Park Academy is 4.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (16.9% versus 12.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
In the county around the school, Adams County, median household income is about $94,571, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 171 public schools operate in Adams County, serving about 87,938 students.
The nearest public school is Early Learning Center at Francis M. Day, at about 0.6 miles. Orchard Park Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 22.3%; Orchard Park Academy's is 16.9%, ranking 5th of 8.
Orchard Park Academy is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Reported enrollment: 369 (2020-21) and 531 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.7:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Orchard Park Academy covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Josephine Hodgkins Leadership AcademyElementary · 597 students
- Sunset Ridge PK-8Elementary · 449 students
- Colorado Sports Leadership AcademyElementary · 425 students
- Colorado STEM AcademyElementary · 415 students
- Fairview PK-8Elementary · 397 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 Orchard Park Academy schools
One other US public school is named Orchard Park Academy. Orchard Park Academy is the largest of the 2.
- Orchard Park AcademyCleveland, OH · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Early Learning Center at Francis M. Day0.6 mi · 69
- Fairview PK-80.6 mi · 397
- Trailside Academy0.7 mi · 492
- Westminster Academy for International Studies0.7 mi · 258
- Colorado Sports Leadership Academy0.8 mi · 425
- Colorado STEM Academy0.9 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Park AcademyHow large is Orchard Park Academy?
Orchard Park Academy enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Orchard Park Academy serve?
Orchard Park Academy serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Orchard Park Academy?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Orchard Park Academy.
What is the student diversity at Orchard Park Academy?
Student demographics at Orchard Park Academy are roughly 10% White, 83% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Orchard Park Academy public or private?
Orchard Park Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Westminster Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.