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

District-Level NCES Analysis

School District No. 1 in the County of Denver and State of C operates 203 public schools serving 87,883 students, placing it among the largest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 103 combined, 43 high, 31 middle, 26 elementary schools, giving families in a major system a clear picture of grade-band coverage across a large portfolio before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Denver County.

Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,336 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 70.4% local, 16.8% state, and 12.8% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 56/100, ranked #54 of 142 in Colorado against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.

Academic infrastructure includes 28 of 203 schools offering Advanced Placement (208 AP courses district-wide), a 337:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 41.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.0% White, 13.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Omar D Blair Charter School, with a diversity index of 76.3/100.

Its largest campus is East High School, enrolling 2,476 students (3% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gilliam School, at 21 students, a 118x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.