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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Castro Elementary School, Denver, CO

CEP schoolCastro Elementary School is a public elementary school in Denver, part of School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C. It enrolled 241 students in 2024-25, with 14.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
241
Teachers (FTE)
17.0
Students per teacher
14.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 0.9 lower than the district figure of 15.1. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.2
District15.1
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
845 South Lowell Boulevard, Denver, CO 80219
Phone
(720)424-8990
District
School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C
County
Denver County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
080336000424
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
206
Reduced-price lunch
15
Free or reduced-price lunch
22191.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Denver

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.