Willow Elementary School

Willow Elementary School is one of the sizable elementary schools in DENVER, Colorado, one of the schools within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, with 596 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 57% larger than the state mean of about 379.

Within School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C, which oversees 198 schools and 90,471 students, Willow Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Willow Elementary School records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, 7% Asian. By comparison, Denver County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Willow Elementary School has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denver County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Willow Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Denver County put median household earnings sit near $94,718, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Willow Elementary School is one of 206 public schools in Denver County (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students).

Nearest neighbor: DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Willow Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Willow Elementary School has increased 3%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 596 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 46% across the same window.

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