University Prep - Arapahoe St.

University Prep - Arapahoe St. is one of the intimate K-5 schools in DENVER, Colorado, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, with 313 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 90,471 students. University Prep - Arapahoe St. is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, University Prep - Arapahoe St. shows that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 40% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 9% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Denver County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, University Prep - Arapahoe St. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 12.3%; this one delivers 16.9%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Denver County shows median household earnings sit near $94,718, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Denver County runs 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), of which University Prep - Arapahoe St. is one.

RiseUp Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts University Prep - Arapahoe St. at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. University Prep - Arapahoe St. operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at University Prep - Arapahoe St. has shrank 10%, going from 346 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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