Valdez Elementary School

Located at 2525 WEST 29TH AVENUE, in DENVER, Colorado, Valdez Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that hosts 423 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C comprises 198 schools with combined enrollment of 90,471 students; Valdez Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Valdez Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 24% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Valdez Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.5%; Valdez Elementary School posts 62.6%, +26.1 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Denver County) records that median household earnings sit near $94,718, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Valdez Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is AUL Denver, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Valdez Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 26.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Valdez Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 4% since 2018, when it stood at 406 (now 423). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 34% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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