Elementary · Colorado

Swansea Elementary School

Free meals for all

Swansea Elementary School, a public elementary school in Denver, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 381 students, 14.4 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
381
Teachers (FTE)
26.5
Students per teacher
14.4
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 62% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 51% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 53% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Smaller than 57% 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%

14%proficient

+3.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 95% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Colorado: 36%

11%proficient

−2.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared

149 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 Pre-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
4650 Columbine Street, Denver, CO 80216
Phone
(720)424-3630
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
Pre-K–51529.014%—
University Prep - Steele St.CharterFree meals for all
Pre-K–533411.522%31%
Wyatt AcademyCharterFree meals for all
K–524013.720%27%
Pre-K–527513.014%7.9%
Garden Place AcademyFree meals for all
Pre-K–638513.918%13%
Columbine Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–534614.045%34%

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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