Elementary · Colorado
Castro Elementary School
Free meals for allCastro Elementary School, a public elementary school in Denver, Colorado: grades k–5, 241 students, 13.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 241
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.8
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 83% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared
Smaller than 83% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%8.4%proficient
−0.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 99% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared
83 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%15%proficient
+6.2 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 86% of elementary schools in Colorado
Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared
116 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.
Location
- Address
- 845 South Lowell Boulevard, Denver, CO 80219
- Phone
- (720)424-8990
- City or town
- Denver
- County
- Denver County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rocky Mountain Prep SouthwestCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 453 | 13.2 | 25% | 14% |
Munroe Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 332 | 15.1 | 4.6% | 6.3% |
Charles M. Schenck (CMS) Community SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 339 | 15.2 | 19% | 21% |
KIPP Sunshine Peak ElementaryCharterFree meals for all | Pre-K–4 | 146 | 10.8 | 23% | — |
Knapp Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 351 | 17.0 | 29% | 18% |
Force Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 303 | 15.6 | 17% | 17% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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