Samuels Elementary School

Samuels Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in DENVER, Colorado, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, caters to 532 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 379.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 90,471 students. Samuels Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Samuels Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 22% Black, 13% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Samuels Elementary School logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Samuels Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 14.3%; this one delivers 28.2%, a residual of +13.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Denver County) records that median household income runs about $94,718, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), Samuels Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Holm Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Samuels Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Samuels Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Samuels Elementary School's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 532). White enrollment moved from 21% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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