Smith Elementary School

Located at 3590 JASMINE STREET, in DENVER, Colorado, Smith Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that caters to 457 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

Smith Elementary School is one of 198 schools operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, a district that enrolls 90,471 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Smith Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 26% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Smith Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at Smith Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Denver County's rate of about 63%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Smith Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 12.8%; this one delivers 19.9%.

In the broader community, Denver County reports that median household earnings sit near $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), Smith Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hallett Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Smith Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Smith Elementary School has climbed 16%, going from 394 students in 2018 to 457 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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