There were 22,721 white students enrolled in Denver County in the 2024-25 school year, the same number as 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, white students comprised 25% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 197 schools in Denver County, East High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 1,296 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.
Ethnicities in Denver County in 2024-25 School Year
Enrollment Demographics in Denver County Schools During 2024-25 School Year
| School name | % white Students | White Student Enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mountain School of Expeditionary Learning | 78.3% | 299 | 382 |
| Slavens K-8 School | 77.7% | 592 | 762 |
| Steele Elementary School | 77.4% | 350 | 452 |
| Park Hill School | 75.7% | 543 | 717 |
| Creativity Challenge Community | 74.8% | 229 | 306 |
| Carson Elementary School | 73.8% | 304 | 412 |
| French American School of Denver | 70.9% | 163 | 230 |
| Cory Elementary School | 70.5% | 287 | 407 |
| Edison Elementary School | 69.6% | 406 | 583 |
| Asbury Elementary School | 69.2% | 202 | 292 |
| Bromwell Elementary School | 68.7% | 226 | 329 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | 67.7% | 210 | 310 |
| Teller Elementary School | 67% | 347 | 518 |
| 5280 High School | 65.1% | 71 | 109 |
| University Park Elementary School | 65.1% | 269 | 413 |
| William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 School | 64.8% | 565 | 872 |
| Centennial A School for Expeditionary Learning | 63.9% | 305 | 477 |
| Steck Elementary School | 62.2% | 201 | 323 |
| Westerly Creek Elementary | 62.1% | 402 | 647 |
| Denver School of the Arts | 61.5% | 642 | 1,044 |
| Brown International Academy | 61.3% | 325 | 530 |
| McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School | 61.3% | 187 | 305 |
| Denver Green School Northfield | 60.9% | 340 | 558 |
| Morey Middle School | 60.3% | 289 | 479 |
| Odyssey School of Denver | 58.8% | 187 | 318 |
| Southmoor Elementary School | 58% | 250 | 431 |
| McAuliffe International School | 57.3% | 761 | 1,329 |
| Polaris Elementary School | 56.6% | 198 | 350 |
| Swigert International School | 56.6% | 381 | 673 |
| Girls Athletic Leadership School Middle School | 56.1% | 125 | 223 |
| Inspire Elementary | 55.7% | 359 | 645 |
| Stephen Knight Center for Early Education | 55.1% | 152 | 276 |
| Merrill Middle School | 54.7% | 334 | 611 |
| East High School | 52.3% | 1,296 | 2,476 |
| Isabella Bird Community School | 51.3% | 250 | 487 |
| South High School | 51.2% | 998 | 1,950 |
| Downtown Denver Expeditionary School | 51% | 134 | 263 |
| Denver School of Innovation and Sustainable Design | 50% | 30 | 60 |
| Skinner Middle School | 49.3% | 332 | 673 |
| Palmer Elementary School | 48.2% | 95 | 197 |
| Bradley International School | 48.1% | 276 | 574 |
| Willow Elementary School | 46.3% | 276 | 596 |
| Northfield High School | 46% | 984 | 2,137 |
| Columbine Elementary School | 45.7% | 158 | 346 |
| Denver Language School | 41.2% | 383 | 930 |
| Highline Academy Southeast | 38.9% | 230 | 591 |
| DSST: Byers Middle School | 38.8% | 188 | 485 |
| Denver Center for International Studies at Fairmon | 36% | 124 | 344 |
| Stedman Elementary School | 35.8% | 160 | 447 |
| Hill Campus of Arts and Sciences | 34.9% | 227 | 651 |
| Academia Ana Marie Sandoval | 32.5% | 133 | 409 |
| Thomas Jefferson High School | 32.3% | 449 | 1,390 |
| Grant Ranch ECE-8 School | 31.4% | 105 | 334 |
| Dora Moore ECE-8 School | 31.2% | 109 | 349 |
| DSST: Byers High School | 30.8% | 168 | 546 |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Berkeley | 30.7% | 101 | 329 |
| Denison Montessori School | 29.9% | 109 | 364 |
| Sabin World School | 28.3% | 158 | 559 |
| Grant Beacon Middle School | 27.1% | 92 | 339 |
| Trevista at Horace Mann | 26.3% | 127 | 482 |
| Girls Athletic Leadership School High School | 25.4% | 15 | 59 |
| Denver Online | 25.4% | 155 | 611 |
| George Washington High School | 25.3% | 335 | 1,326 |
| Denver Montessori Junior/Senior High School | 24.1% | 39 | 162 |
| Valdez Elementary School | 23.6% | 100 | 423 |
| Kaiser Elementary School | 23% | 56 | 243 |
| North High School | 22.4% | 370 | 1,653 |
| Hamilton Middle School | 22.1% | 171 | 775 |
| Denver Green School Southeast | 21.3% | 125 | 586 |
| McMeen Elementary School | 21.2% | 150 | 706 |
| Holm Elementary School | 20.4% | 104 | 510 |
| Lowry Elementary School | 20.2% | 81 | 400 |
| McAuliffe Manual Middle School | 17.9% | 46 | 257 |
| Monarch Montessori | 17.4% | 49 | 282 |
| Ellis Elementary School | 17.3% | 81 | 467 |
| Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment | 16.4% | 58 | 353 |
| RiseUp Community School | 16% | 16 | 100 |
| Compassion Road Academy | 15.6% | 15 | 96 |
| Bear Valley International School | 14.4% | 45 | 313 |
| Samuels Elementary School | 13.3% | 71 | 532 |
| DSST: Montview High School | 12.8% | 72 | 562 |
| Denver Center for International Studies | 12.1% | 43 | 354 |
| Beach Court Elementary School | 11.3% | 31 | 275 |
| Columbian Elementary School | 11.1% | 19 | 171 |
| Emily Griffith High School | 10.9% | 34 | 311 |
| Garden Place Academy | 10.9% | 42 | 385 |
| Joe Shoemaker School | 10.9% | 59 | 543 |
| DSST: Conservatory Green Middle School | 10.9% | 51 | 468 |
| John F. Kennedy High School | 10.7% | 73 | 681 |
| Traylor Academy | 10.7% | 32 | 300 |
| Cole Arts and Science Academy | 10.5% | 29 | 275 |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Creekside | 10.5% | 67 | 637 |
| Delta High School | 10.5% | 11 | 105 |
| Colfax Elementary School | 10.4% | 29 | 280 |
| Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 School | 10.4% | 47 | 454 |
| Highline Academy Northeast | 10.2% | 60 | 589 |
| Gust Elementary School | 10.1% | 61 | 602 |
| Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy | 9.9% | 66 | 670 |
| Eagleton Elementary School | 9.8% | 31 | 317 |
| Contemporary Learning Academy | 9.5% | 12 | 126 |
| Center for Talent Development at Greenlee | 9.4% | 23 | 244 |
| Wyatt Academy | 9.2% | 22 | 240 |
| Hallett Academy | 9.2% | 23 | 250 |
| KIPP Northeast Elementary | 8.5% | 42 | 495 |
| Florence Crittenton High School | 8.4% | 9 | 107 |
| DSST: Montview Middle School | 8.2% | 38 | 463 |
| DSST: Conservatory Green High School | 8.1% | 45 | 556 |
| Denver Center for 21st-Century Learning at Wyman | 8% | 12 | 150 |
| Place Bridge Academy | 7.9% | 65 | 824 |
| Schmitt Elementary School | 7.6% | 12 | 157 |
| Lake Middle School | 7.4% | 44 | 592 |
| Green Valley Elementary School | 7.4% | 53 | 714 |
| Doull Elementary School | 6.8% | 26 | 381 |
| Smith Elementary School | 6.6% | 30 | 457 |
| DSST: College View Middle School | 6.5% | 29 | 446 |
| AUL Denver | 6.4% | 10 | 156 |
| Cheltenham Elementary School | 6.2% | 23 | 373 |
| Omar D. Blair Charter School | 6.1% | 48 | 783 |
| Johnson Elementary School | 6.1% | 18 | 294 |
| KIPP Northeast Denver Middle School | 6% | 28 | 464 |
| SOAR at Green Valley Ranch | 6% | 29 | 484 |
| Valverde Elementary School | 5.6% | 20 | 359 |
| Academy 360 | 5.5% | 11 | 201 |
| Whittier ECE-8 School | 5.4% | 13 | 242 |
| Marrama Elementary School | 5.3% | 29 | 547 |
| Manual High School | 5.2% | 18 | 348 |
| STRIVE Prep – Rise | 5.1% | 30 | 586 |
| Vanguard Classical School – West | 5% | 19 | 380 |
| DSST: Elevate Northeast High School | 5% | 27 | 545 |
| Sandra Todd-Williams Academy | 4.9% | 7 | 143 |
| DSST Middle School @ Noel Campus | 4.9% | 22 | 451 |
| University Prep – Arapahoe St. | 4.8% | 15 | 313 |
| KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary | 4.8% | 7 | 146 |
| Godsman Elementary School | 4.5% | 15 | 332 |
| University Prep – Steele St. | 4.5% | 15 | 334 |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early College | 4.4% | 45 | 1,027 |
| Excel Academy | 4.4% | 10 | 227 |
| Montbello Career and Technical High School | 4.4% | 7 | 158 |
| Newlon Elementary School | 4.4% | 13 | 293 |
| Colorado High School Charter – GES | 4.3% | 9 | 209 |
| Lena Archuleta Elementary School | 4.3% | 22 | 515 |
| Knapp Elementary School | 4.3% | 15 | 351 |
| Swansea Elementary School | 4.2% | 16 | 381 |
| Barnum Elementary School | 4.2% | 14 | 334 |
| STRIVE Prep – Sunnyside | 3.9% | 6 | 154 |
| Florida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 School | 3.8% | 34 | 886 |
| Denver Justice High School | 3.8% | 4 | 106 |
| DSST: Cole High School | 3.8% | 11 | 287 |
| DSST: Green Valley Ranch Middle School | 3.7% | 18 | 482 |
| STRIVE Prep – Green Valley Ranch | 3.7% | 14 | 379 |
| Ashley Elementary School | 3.6% | 14 | 387 |
| Career Education Center Early College | 3.6% | 17 | 468 |
| Goldrick Elementary School | 3.6% | 14 | 385 |
| Cowell Elementary School | 3.6% | 11 | 308 |
| Rocky Mountain Prep: Southwest | 3.5% | 16 | 453 |
| DSST: Cole Middle School | 3.5% | 10 | 282 |
| College View Elementary School | 3.5% | 13 | 368 |
| Kepner Beacon Middle School | 3.4% | 16 | 467 |
| Force Elementary School | 3.3% | 10 | 303 |
| Escalante-Biggs Academy | 3.3% | 10 | 306 |
| Legacy Options High School | 3.3% | 5 | 153 |
| STRIVE Prep – Ruby Hill | 3.2% | 14 | 443 |
| DSST: Green Valley Ranch High School | 3.2% | 18 | 562 |
| West Middle School | 3.2% | 6 | 188 |
| STRIVE Prep – Montbello | 3.1% | 9 | 287 |
| Maxwell Elementary School | 3.1% | 20 | 638 |
| Oakland Elementary | 3.1% | 11 | 352 |
| Compass Academy | 3% | 6 | 200 |
| North High School Engagement Center | 2.9% | 3 | 103 |
| John H. Amesse Elementary | 2.8% | 10 | 358 |
| Abraham Lincoln High School | 2.8% | 27 | 965 |
| West High School | 2.7% | 14 | 519 |
| McGlone Academy | 2.6% | 22 | 842 |
| International Academy of Denver at Harrington | 2.6% | 4 | 152 |
| Northeast Early College | 2.6% | 13 | 507 |
| Pascual Ledoux Academy | 2.5% | 6 | 236 |
| Summit Academy | 2.5% | 6 | 236 |
| Colorado High School Charter | 2.4% | 5 | 206 |
| STRIVE Prep – Federal | 2.4% | 9 | 376 |
| Vista Academy | 2.4% | 7 | 291 |
| DSST: College View High School | 2.4% | 13 | 533 |
| KIPP Northeast Denver Leadership Academy | 2.2% | 12 | 555 |
| DCIS at Ford | 2.1% | 10 | 487 |
| Castro Elementary School | 2.1% | 5 | 241 |
| STRIVE Prep – Smart Academy | 2% | 12 | 604 |
| Respect Academy | 2% | 2 | 99 |
| Munroe Elementary School | 1.8% | 6 | 332 |
| KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy | 1.7% | 5 | 301 |
| KIPP Denver Collegiate High School | 1.5% | 7 | 477 |
| Bruce Randolph School | 1.5% | 10 | 663 |
| Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School | 1.4% | 8 | 585 |
| DCIS at Montbello | 1.4% | 16 | 1,112 |
| Robert F. Smith STEAM Academy | 1.1% | 1 | 89 |
| Charles M. Schenck (CMS) Community School | 0.9% | 3 | 339 |
| Marie L. Greenwood Academy | 0.7% | 4 | 597 |
| STRIVE Prep – Westwood | 0.5% | 2 | 411 |
