Elementary · Colorado

Vanguard Classical School - West

CharterFree meals for all

Vanguard Classical School - West, a public elementary school in Denver, Colorado: grades k–8, 380 students, 13.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A.

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: 380
Teachers (FTE): 29.0
Students per teacher: 13.1
Grades: K–8; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 78% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 67% 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

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
Run by: Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Aurora Joint District No. 28 of the counties of Adams and A.

Location

Address: 801 Yosemite Street, Denver, CO 80230
Phone: (303)691-2384
City or town: Denver
County: Denver County

Quality of life in Denver Schools in Denver

Nearby elementary schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Boston K-8 SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	413	15.9	0.7 mi
Fulton Academy of ExcellenceFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	410	14.6	0.9 mi
Montclair School of Academics and EnrichmentFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	353	14.1	1.2 mi
Lowry Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	400	13.9	1.2 mi
Denver Language SchoolCharter	K–8	930	16.1	1.2 mi
Aurora Academy Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all	K–8	536	13.4	1.3 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).

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