Elementary · Colorado

Dry Creek Elementary School

Free meals for all

Dry Creek Elementary School, a public elementary school in Englewood, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 269 students, 14.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah.

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: 269
Teachers (FTE): 19.2
Students per teacher: 14.0
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 68% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 56% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 77% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah.

Location

Address: 7686 East Hinsdale Avenue, Englewood, CO 80112
Phone: (720)554-3300
City or town: Centennial
County: Arapahoe County

Quality of life in Centennial Schools in Centennial

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Homestead Elementary School	Pre-K–5	334	14.8	0.5 mi
Walnut Hills Community Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	342	14.1	0.6 mi
Willow Creek Elementary School	Pre-K–5	462	16.0	0.8 mi
Heritage Elementary School	Pre-K–5	302	13.2	1.2 mi
Acres Green Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	341	13.6	1.7 mi
Ford Elementary	K–5	653	17.4	1.9 mi

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 080291000190