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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Challenge School, Denver, CO

Challenge School is a public elementary school in Denver, part of Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah. It enrolled 560 students in 2024-25, with 16.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
560
Teachers (FTE)
34.0
Students per teacher
16.5
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 16.2. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.5
District16.2
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
9659 East Mississippi Avenue, Denver, CO 80231
Phone
(720)747-2100
District
Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah
County
Arapahoe County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
080291000763
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
85
Reduced-price lunch
12
Free or reduced-price lunch
9717.3% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 Cherry Creek School District No. 5 in the county of Arapah

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.