Enrollment
157
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000401
Schmitt Elementary School
1820 SOUTH VALLEJO STREET, DENVER, CO 80223 · (720) 424-4230 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% 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
9.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
143 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 | 30 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (27).
Student demographics
48%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
14.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
9.6%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.3% | 9.6% |
| 2023-24 | 9.1% | 10.0% |
% 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
14.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
11.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 Schmitt Elementary School
Schmitt Elementary School's state test result (14.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schmitt Elementary School this school | 157 | 91.1% | 14.5% |
| International Academy of Denver at Harrington DENVER | 152 | 92.1% | 12.2% |
| Laredo Child Development Center AURORA | 210 | 78.6% | N/A |
| Cole Arts and Science Academy DENVER | 275 | 83.6% | 12.4% |
| Wyatt Academy DENVER | 240 | 81.3% | 23.7% |
| Colfax Elementary School DENVER | 280 | 89.3% | 21.5% |
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 Schmitt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #870 of 931 | #91 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #889 of 940 ▼ 14 | #96 of 108 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #895 of 946 ▲ 39 | #92 of 109 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #936 of 1,056 | #111 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #25 of 983 | #11 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -49.2% | #7 of 664 | #1 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
157
-72 (-31%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 157 | 16.1 | 9.7:1 | 91% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 16.9 | 10.8:1 | 75% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 176 | 19.5 | 9.0:1 | 94% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 87% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 24.8 | 12.5:1 | 96% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 96% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 93% (367) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 25 | 17.8:1 | 63% (278) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 23 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schmitt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 49% (309 to 157); teachers down 35% (24.8 to 16.1).
About Schmitt Elementary School
A small elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, Schmitt Elementary School is part of Denver Public Schools. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 157 students. The school is 59% below the average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Within Denver Public Schools, Schmitt Elementary School is one of 198 schools. The district enrolls 90,471 students.
More than half of enrollment at Schmitt Elementary School is Hispanic: 69%. Other groups make up 16% Black, 8% White, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% Asian. Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.
Schmitt Elementary School has 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Denver County is 28 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Schmitt Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 22% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Schmitt Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 14.5%, compared with a predicted 11.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Denver County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $94,718 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Denver County number 206, with about 91,233 students.
Godsman Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Schmitt Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Schmitt Elementary School ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 157 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 229. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.5:1 in 2020-21, and 9.7:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Schmitt Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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
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- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other Schmitt Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Schmitt Elementary. Schmitt Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Schmitt ElementaryWestminster, CA · 314 students
Nearby schools
- Godsman Elementary School0.5 mi · 332
- Rocky Mountain Prep Federal0.5 mi · 376
- Rocky Mountain Prep Ruby Hill0.5 mi · 443
- Excel Academy0.7 mi · 227
- Respect Academy0.9 mi · 99
- Johnson Elementary School0.9 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Schmitt Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Schmitt Elementary School?
Schmitt Elementary School enrolls approximately 157 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Schmitt Elementary School serve?
Schmitt Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schmitt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schmitt Elementary School is approximately 9.7:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Schmitt Elementary School?
At Schmitt Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 69% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian.
What district is Schmitt Elementary School in?
Schmitt Elementary School is part of Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.