SOAR at Green Valley Ranch

Located at 4800 TELLURIDE STREET #4, in DENVER, Colorado, SOAR at Green Valley Ranch is a medium-sized elementary school that teaches 484 students (grades K through 5), operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, SOAR at Green Valley Ranch is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SOAR at Green Valley Ranch logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Black, 7% Pacific Islander, 6% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting SOAR at Green Valley Ranch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 80% of students at SOAR at Green Valley Ranch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Denver County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SOAR at Green Valley Ranch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.2%; this one delivers 20.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Denver County indicate median household income runs about $94,718, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), SOAR at Green Valley Ranch is one campus in the mix.

Rocky Mountain Prep Green Valley Ranch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOAR at Green Valley Ranch at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 18.6%.

SOAR at Green Valley Ranch operates from a metropolitan location. SOAR at Green Valley Ranch operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. SOAR at Green Valley Ranch's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 459 (now 484). The Black share of enrollment expanded from 23% to 27% over that span.

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