Enrollment
300
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000418
Traylor Academy
2900 SOUTH IVAN WAY, DENVER, CO 80227 · (720) 424-3480 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL300 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% 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.
- DBeats 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
15.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
199 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 | 54 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
39%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
17.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
14.1%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.5% | 14.1% |
| 2023-24 | 14.4% | 14.8% |
% 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
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Traylor Academy
Traylor Academy's state test result (15.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traylor Academy this school | 300 | 66.3% | 15.2% |
| Haaff Elementary School PUEBLO | 284 | 70.4% | 48.2% |
| Leo William Butler Elementary School FORT LUPTON | 355 | 66.5% | 26.3% |
| Meadow Community School THORNTON | 378 | 74.9% | 16.5% |
| Global Primary Academy DENVER | 272 | 72.1% | 17.3% |
| Achieve Academy THORNTON | 370 | 75.7% | 19.6% |
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 Traylor Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #854 of 931 | #86 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #824 of 940 ▼ 24 | #78 of 108 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #862 of 946 ▲ 15 | #83 of 109 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 300 | #714 of 1,056 | #89 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #376 of 896 | #49 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #706 of 896 | #75 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #301 of 983 | #70 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.0% | #46 of 664 | #8 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
300
-83 (-22%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 288
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | 66% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 307 | 21.5 | 14.3:1 | 72% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 324 | 23.8 | 13.6:1 | 73% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 74% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 30.2 | 15.8:1 | 76% (364) |
| 2015-16 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 76% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 30 | 19.7:1 | 64% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 25% (133) |
| 1990-91 | 288 | 16 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Traylor Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (476 to 300); teachers down 34% (30.2 to 20).
About Traylor Academy
Students in DENVER, Colorado, attend Traylor Academy, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school counts 300 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379 students.
Denver Public Schools runs Traylor Academy along with 197 other schools, enrolling 90,471 students in total.
Traylor Academy's enrollment is 77% Hispanic. Other groups make up 11% White, 4% Asian, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 28% of Denver County residents are Hispanic. Traylor Academy has a diversity index of 39%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Traylor Academy's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.0:1. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 66%.
Traylor Academy is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Colorado, Traylor Academy is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 15.2% actual against a predicted 26.5%.
Denver County census figures show that median household income is about $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Traylor Academy is among the 206 public schools in Denver County.
The nearest other public school, Bear Valley International School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Traylor Academy ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Traylor Academy is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 22%, from 383 to 300.
Community posts for Traylor Academy can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Bear Valley International School0.2 mi · 313
- John F Kennedy High School0.3 mi · 681
- Sabin World School0.9 mi · 559
- Addenbrooke Classical Academy1.1 mi · 191
- Summit Academy1.3 mi · 236
- Doull Elementary School1.3 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Traylor AcademyHow many students attend Traylor Academy?
Traylor Academy enrolls approximately 300 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Traylor Academy serve?
Traylor Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Traylor Academy?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Traylor Academy.
How diverse is Traylor Academy?
Traylor Academy reports a student body of 11% White, 77% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Traylor Academy?
Traylor Academy 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.