Elementary · Colorado

Omar D Blair Charter School

CharterFree meals for all

Omar D Blair Charter School, a public elementary school in Denver, Colorado: grades k–8, 783 students, 14.2 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
783
Teachers (FTE)
55.0
Students per teacher
14.2
Grades
K–8
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 65% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 96% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Larger than 94% 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%

25%proficient

+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 78% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

498 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

14%proficient

+1.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared

505 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–8
Type
Charter 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
4905 Cathay Street, Denver, CO 80249
Phone
(303)371-9570
City or town
Denver

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
SOAR at Green Valley RanchCharterFree meals for all
K–548417.624%16%
Highline Academy NortheastCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–558911.327%16%
KIPP Northeast ElementaryCharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–449512.526%24%
Marrama Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–554715.917%13%
Pre-K–571414.825%21%
Pre-K–888617.923%12%

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

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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