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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COCALICO SD·NCES 420627002506
Denver Elementary School
South 4th Street, Denver, PA 17517 · (717) 336-1501 · Lancaster County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
230 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 75%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Cocalico SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
69.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
77.2%
PA avg 43.0% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 73.8% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Denver Elementary School
Denver Elementary School's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Elementary School this school | 460 | 50.0% | 75.1% |
| Hereford Elementary School Hereford | 504 | 49.8% | 54.7% |
| Red Mill Elementary School Etters | 457 | 45.7% | 71.3% |
| Valley View El Center Peckville | 522 | 50.0% | N/A |
| ELCO Intermd School Myerstown | 505 | 49.3% | 49.9% |
| East High Street Elementary School Elizabethtown | 466 | 50.9% | N/A |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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 Denver Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lancaster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #201 of 1,396 | #4 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #150 of 1,511 ▲ 29 | #3 of 62 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #227 of 1,511 ▲ 123 | #5 of 62 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #653 of 1,638 | #23 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #938 of 1,528 | #36 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #992 of 1,531 | #57 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #1,002 of 1,600 | #34 of 65 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #625 of 1,045 | #34 of 49 |
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
460
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 460 | 33.9 | 13.6:1 | 50% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 453 | 32.3 | 14.0:1 | 51% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 31.3 | 14.0:1 | 46% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 44% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 34.4 | 14.9:1 | 40% (207) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 36% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 30% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 32 | 18.7:1 | 12% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Denver Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (514 to 460); teachers down 1% (34.4 to 33.9).
About Denver Elementary School
Denver Elementary School is an elementary school in Denver, Pennsylvania, and it is part of Cocalico SD. It educates 460 students in kindergarten through 5.
Denver Elementary School belongs to Cocalico SD, a district of 5 schools and 2,852 students.
About 83% of the student body at Denver Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 9% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 82% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Denver Elementary School, 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.6:1. That matches the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania fairly closely. Roughly 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
The allk12 Grade for Denver Elementary School is A. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 93% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school in Pennsylvania with Denver Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 56.2%. Denver Elementary School scores 75.1%.
Lancaster County has these Census figures: the median household income is $86,959, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Lancaster County has 114 public schools and roughly 62,719 students.
Cocalico Middle School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Denver Elementary School. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Denver Elementary School is 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal data show 455 students in 2020-21 and 460 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lancaster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
557,931
Census ACS
Median income
$86,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
114
62,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cocalico SD
- Cocalico SHSHigh · 991 students
- Cocalico Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Adamstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Reamstown Elementary SchoolElementary · 375 students
Other schools in Denver
- Cocalico SHSHigh · 991 students
- Cocalico Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- Brecknock Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
Nearby schools
- Cocalico Middle School0.1 mi · 617
- Cocalico SHS0.5 mi · 991
- Reamstown Elementary School1.8 mi · 375
- Highland Elementary School3.6 mi · 438
- Ephrata Intermediate School3.9 mi · 568
- Ephrata Middle School3.9 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Denver Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Denver Elementary School?
Denver Elementary School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Denver Elementary School serve?
Denver Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Denver Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Denver Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Denver Elementary School?
Student demographics at Denver Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Denver Elementary School in?
Denver Elementary School is part of Cocalico SD.
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