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School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C

Denver, Colorado · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

90,471
Students enrolled
198
Public schools
6,007
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 5,135
  • Kindergarten 6,582
  • Grade 1 6,741
  • Grade 2 6,723
  • Grade 3 6,828
  • Grade 4 6,567
  • Grade 5 6,401
  • Grade 6 5,940
  • Grade 7 6,065
  • Grade 8 6,311
  • Grade 9 7,671
  • Grade 10 6,643
  • Grade 11 6,367
  • Grade 12 6,497

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 53%
  • White 25%
  • Black or African American 13%
  • Two or more races 5%
  • Asian 3%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

63% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 56,848 of 90,471 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 56%
  • Reduced-price lunch 7%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,972 spent per student on day-to-day operations Colorado median: $16,685 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,623
  • Support services $8,648
  • Other (food service, etc.) $701

Where the money comes from

  • Local 72%
  • State 17%
  • Federal 11%

Total revenue $2.1 billiontotal spending $2.1 billion

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: Large

Total staff (FTE)

15,012

District office

1860 LINCOLN ST., Denver CO 80203

County

Denver County

Official website

NCES District ID

803360

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