There were 849 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students enrolled in Denver County in the 2024-25 school year, 17.4% more than the previous year, according to the Colorado Department of Education.
Data showed that Denver County welcomed 90,736 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 197 schools in Denver County, Omar D. Blair Charter School recorded the highest enrollment of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 94 students.
Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.
The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.
Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.
| School name | % Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Students | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Student Enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omar D. Blair Charter School | 12% | 94 | 783 |
| SOAR at Green Valley Ranch | 6.8% | 33 | 484 |
| Montbello Career and Technical High School | 6.3% | 10 | 158 |
| Florida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 School | 5.4% | 48 | 886 |
| STRIVE Prep – Montbello | 4.9% | 14 | 287 |
| McGlone Academy | 4.9% | 41 | 842 |
| DCIS at Montbello | 4.4% | 49 | 1,112 |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College | 4.2% | 43 | 1,027 |
| Lena Archuleta Elementary School | 4.1% | 21 | 515 |
| KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership Academy | 4.1% | 23 | 555 |
| Legacy Options High School | 3.9% | 6 | 153 |
| International Academy of Denver at Harrington | 3.9% | 6 | 152 |
| Marrama Elementary School | 3.8% | 21 | 547 |
| Schmitt Elementary School | 3.8% | 6 | 157 |
| Sandra Todd-Williams Academy | 3.5% | 5 | 143 |
| KIPP Northeast Elementary | 3.4% | 17 | 495 |
| KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School | 3.2% | 15 | 464 |
| STRIVE Prep – Rise | 3.2% | 19 | 586 |
| Castro Elementary School | 2.9% | 7 | 241 |
| Valverde Elementary School | 2.8% | 10 | 359 |
| Cheltenham Elementary School | 2.7% | 10 | 373 |
| DSST: Green Valley Ranch Middle School | 2.5% | 12 | 482 |
| Northeast Early College | 2.4% | 12 | 507 |
| Prep Academy | 2.3% | 1 | 44 |
| Oakland Elementary | 2.3% | 8 | 352 |
| Marie L. Greenwood Academy | 2.3% | 14 | 597 |
| John H. Amesse Elementary | 2.2% | 8 | 358 |
| Highline Academy Northeast | 2.2% | 13 | 589 |
| DCIS at Ford | 2.1% | 10 | 487 |
| STRIVE Prep – Green Valley Ranch | 2.1% | 8 | 379 |
| Columbine Elementary School | 2% | 7 | 346 |
| College View Elementary School | 1.9% | 7 | 368 |
| DSST: Green Valley Ranch High School | 1.8% | 10 | 562 |
| Brown International Academy | 1.7% | 9 | 530 |
| Maxwell Elementary School | 1.6% | 10 | 638 |
| Center for Talent Development at Greenlee | 1.6% | 4 | 244 |
| Denver Online | 1.6% | 10 | 611 |
| Academy 360 | 1.5% | 3 | 201 |
| University Prep – Steele St. | 1.5% | 5 | 334 |
| Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School | 1.5% | 9 | 585 |
| Bruce Randolph School | 1.5% | 10 | 663 |
| Green Valley Elementary School | 1.5% | 11 | 714 |
| Lake Middle School | 1.4% | 8 | 592 |
| Force Elementary School | 1.3% | 4 | 303 |
| STRIVE Prep – Sunnyside | 1.3% | 2 | 154 |
| Whittier ECE-8 School | 1.2% | 3 | 242 |
| Columbian Elementary School | 1.2% | 2 | 171 |
| STRIVE Prep – Smart Academy | 1.2% | 7 | 604 |
| DSST: Cole Middle School | 1.1% | 3 | 282 |
| Dora Moore ECE-8 School | 1.1% | 4 | 349 |
| Compassion Road Academy | 1% | 1 | 96 |
| University Prep – Arapahoe St. | 1% | 3 | 313 |
| Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmon | 0.9% | 3 | 344 |
| Samuels Elementary School | 0.9% | 5 | 532 |
| Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences | 0.9% | 6 | 651 |
| Downtown Denver Expeditionary School | 0.8% | 2 | 263 |
| Hamilton Middle School | 0.8% | 6 | 775 |
| STRIVE Prep – Federal | 0.8% | 3 | 376 |
| Contemporary Learning Academy | 0.8% | 1 | 126 |
| STRIVE Prep – Westwood | 0.7% | 3 | 411 |
| McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School | 0.7% | 2 | 305 |
| KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy | 0.7% | 2 | 301 |
| Denver Center for 21st-Century Learning at Wyman | 0.7% | 1 | 150 |
| Vista Academy | 0.7% | 2 | 291 |
| Cole Arts and Science Academy | 0.7% | 2 | 275 |
| Cowell Elementary School | 0.6% | 2 | 308 |
| Manual High School | 0.6% | 2 | 348 |
| KIPP Denver Collegiate High School | 0.6% | 3 | 477 |
| Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School | 0.6% | 1 | 162 |
| Gust Elementary School | 0.5% | 3 | 602 |
| Goldrick Elementary School | 0.5% | 2 | 385 |
| Lowry Elementary School | 0.5% | 2 | 400 |
| Palmer Elementary School | 0.5% | 1 | 197 |
| Compass Academy | 0.5% | 1 | 200 |
| Colorado High School Charter – GES | 0.5% | 1 | 209 |
| Colorado High School Charter | 0.5% | 1 | 206 |
| West Middle School | 0.5% | 1 | 188 |
| Abraham Lincoln High School | 0.5% | 5 | 965 |
| McAuliffe Manual Middle School | 0.4% | 1 | 257 |
| Isabella Bird Community School | 0.4% | 2 | 487 |
| Place Bridge Academy | 0.4% | 3 | 824 |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Southwest | 0.4% | 2 | 453 |
| Stephen Knight Center for Early Education | 0.4% | 1 | 276 |
| Trevista at Horace Mann | 0.4% | 2 | 482 |
| Wyatt Academy | 0.4% | 1 | 240 |
| DSST Middle School @ Noel Campus | 0.4% | 2 | 451 |
| DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School | 0.4% | 2 | 468 |
| George Washington High School | 0.4% | 5 | 1,326 |
| DSST: Elevate Northeast High School | 0.4% | 2 | 545 |
| Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment | 0.3% | 1 | 353 |
| Munroe Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 332 |
| North High School | 0.3% | 5 | 1,653 |
| DSST: Cole High School | 0.3% | 1 | 287 |
| Swansea Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 381 |
| Thomas Jefferson High School | 0.3% | 4 | 1,390 |
| Eagleton Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 317 |
| East High School | 0.3% | 7 | 2,476 |
| Edison Elementary School | 0.3% | 2 | 583 |
| Denver Green School Southeast | 0.3% | 2 | 586 |
| Escalante-Biggs Academy | 0.3% | 1 | 306 |
| Denver Center for International Studies | 0.3% | 1 | 354 |
| Grant Beacon Middle School | 0.3% | 1 | 339 |
| Grant Ranch ECE-8 School | 0.3% | 1 | 334 |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Berkeley | 0.3% | 1 | 329 |
| Creativity Challenge Community | 0.3% | 1 | 306 |
| Vanguard Classical School – West | 0.3% | 1 | 380 |
| Steele Elementary School | 0.2% | 1 | 452 |
| Centennial A School for Expeditionary Learning | 0.2% | 1 | 477 |
| Willow Elementary School | 0.2% | 1 | 596 |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Creekside | 0.2% | 1 | 637 |
| DSST: College View High School | 0.2% | 1 | 533 |
| Southmoor Elementary School | 0.2% | 1 | 431 |
| DSST: Montview High School | 0.2% | 1 | 562 |
| University Park Elementary School | 0.2% | 1 | 413 |
| Inspire Elementary | 0.2% | 1 | 645 |
| Holm Elementary School | 0.2% | 1 | 510 |
| West High School | 0.2% | 1 | 519 |
| Cory Elementary School | 0.2% | 1 | 407 |
| Northfield High School | 0.1% | 2 | 2,137 |
| Denver Language School | 0.1% | 1 | 930 |
