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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000412
Steele Elementary School
320 SOUTH MARION PARKWAY, DENVER, CO 80209 · (720) 424-3720 · Denver County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
63 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
38%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
75.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 70.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Steele Elementary School
Steele Elementary School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steele Elementary School this school | 452 | 13.9% | 75.5% |
| Gold Camp Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 435 | 16.3% | 65.8% |
| Foothill Elementary School BOULDER | 419 | 12.6% | 71.6% |
| Shaffer Elementary School LITTLETON | 497 | 13.7% | 60.7% |
| Sandburg Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 495 | 14.1% | 58.7% |
| Lois Lenski Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 509 | 11.2% | 67.9% |
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 Steele Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #25 of 931 | #6 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #19 of 940 ▲ 21 | #5 of 108 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #45 of 946 ▼ 19 | #8 of 109 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #313 of 1,056 | #43 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #776 of 896 | #94 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #719 of 896 | #77 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.9% | #902 of 983 | #111 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #541 of 664 | #50 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
452
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+77% since 1990-91, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 452 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 25.7 | 17.3:1 | 16% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 27.6 | 15.6:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 26.1 | 18.6:1 | 8% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 8% (36) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 25 | 19.0:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 16 | 18.8:1 | 21% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 255 | 18 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Steele Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (486 to 452); teachers down 4% (26.1 to 25).
About Steele Elementary School
Steele Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in DENVER, Colorado. The school serves 452 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Steele Elementary School is one of 198 schools in Denver Public Schools, which enrolls 90,471 students in total.
White students account for 77% of enrollment at Steele Elementary School. Other groups make up 12% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Denver County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Steele Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 38%.
Steele Elementary School counts 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.1 students for each one. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. About 14% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 63% for public schools in Denver County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Steele Elementary School is in the top 10% of Colorado schools: 75.5% actual against 58.3% predicted.
Denver County census figures show that median household income is about $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Steele Elementary School is among the 206 public schools in Denver County.
DSST: Cedar Middle School is located about 0.5 miles from Steele Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 75.5% is above the 48.8% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 463 to 452, a small change.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Steele Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- 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 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 Steele Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Steele Elementary. Steele Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Steele Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 273 students
- STEELE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBALDWIN, NY · 293 students
- Steele Elementary SchoolSteele, AL · 141 students
Nearby schools
- DSST: Cedar Middle School0.5 mi · 485
- DSST: Cedar High School0.5 mi · 546
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 310
- Bromwell Elementary School1.1 mi · 329
- Stephen Knight Center for Early Education1.3 mi · 276
- South High School1.3 mi · 1,950
Frequently asked questions
About Steele Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Steele Elementary School?
Steele Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Steele Elementary School serve?
Steele Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Steele Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Steele Elementary School is approximately 18.1:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Steele Elementary School?
Steele Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Steele Elementary School?
Steele Elementary School is overseen by Denver Public Schools in Denver County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.