Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000414
Swansea Elementary School
4650 COLUMBINE STREET, DENVER, CO 80216 · (720) 424-3630 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
329 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 | 45 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
24%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
14.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
10.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.3pp 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 11 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.0% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.7% | 13.0% |
% 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
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Swansea Elementary School
Swansea Elementary School's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swansea Elementary School this school | 381 | 86.4% | 13.1% |
| Valverde Elementary School DENVER | 359 | 85.2% | 14.2% |
| Central Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 421 | 90.5% | 7.1% |
| Eagleton Elementary School DENVER | 317 | 87.1% | 17.7% |
| Garden Place Academy DENVER | 385 | 86.0% | 14.7% |
| Munroe Elementary School DENVER | 332 | 88.9% | 7.8% |
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 Swansea Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #889 of 931 | #97 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #880 of 940 ▼ 52 | #94 of 108 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #898 of 946 ▲ 28 | #95 of 109 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #478 of 1,056 | #57 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #272 of 896 | #37 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.9% | #859 of 896 | #96 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #78 of 983 | #32 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #242 of 664 | #21 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
381
-31 (-8%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 381 | 26.5 | 14.4:1 | 86% (329) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 86% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 27.7 | 13.6:1 | 91% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 92% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 33.7 | 14.4:1 | 93% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 95% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 96% (531) |
| 2000-01 | 724 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 89% (647) |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 20 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swansea Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (486 to 381); teachers down 21% (33.7 to 26.5).
About Swansea Elementary School
Swansea Elementary School is an elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, reachable at (720) 424-3630. There are 381 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Denver Public Schools has 90,471 students in 198 schools, and Swansea Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Swansea Elementary School is 87% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 7% Black and 4% White. Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 329 students, or 86%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Denver County.
On the allk12 Grade, Swansea Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 10% of Colorado public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Swansea Elementary School is 14.4%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 13.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Denver County show that the median household earns about $94,718 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Denver County has 206 public schools with about 91,233 students, including Swansea Elementary School.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Colorado High School Charter - GES, is the closest to Swansea Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 15.4%, higher than Swansea Elementary School's 13.1%.
Locale data from NCES put Swansea Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 381, compared with 412 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.1:1 to 14.4:1.
This page is set up for the Swansea Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. 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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- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
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- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- Colorado High School Charter - GES0.5 mi · 209
- Bruce Randolph School0.7 mi · 663
- International Academy of Denver at Harrington0.9 mi · 152
- University Prep - Steele St.0.9 mi · 334
- Wyatt Academy1.1 mi · 240
- DSST: Cole Middle School1.4 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Swansea Elementary SchoolHow large is Swansea Elementary School?
Swansea Elementary School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-05.
Is Swansea Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Swansea Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Swansea Elementary School have?
Swansea Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Swansea Elementary School?
At Swansea Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 87% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Swansea Elementary School public or private?
Swansea Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Denver Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.