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Goldrick Elementary School

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Goldrick Elementary School ranks 640 th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

640^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 950 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 33% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Goldrick Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Denver, Colorado, with 328 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Colorado elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 640 out of 950 schools.

Goldrick Elementary faces significant challenges, including very high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 27.7% to 43.9% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state and district averages. The school also lags behind the district and state averages in proficiency rates across all subjects and grade levels, with only 30.2% of Goldrick students proficient in ELA and 29.8% proficient in Math, compared to 44.8% and 35.9% statewide, respectively. Additionally, Goldrick Elementary has an extremely high percentage of students (87.2% to 89.26%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high-poverty student population.

The struggles at Goldrick Elementary are part of a broader pattern of challenges facing schools in this area of Denver. Nearby schools, such as Godsman Elementary, Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest, and Valverde Elementary, also struggle with low performance, high poverty rates, and high chronic absenteeism. Addressing these issues will likely require a multifaceted approach to support the unique needs of the student population in this area, which is served by the School District No. 1.

385

Students ?

15.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,424

Per pupil spending ?

82.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1050 South Zuni Street
Denver, CO 80223-2541

(720) 424-6980

District: School District No. 1

Students who attend Goldrick Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Grant Beacon Middle School
High:	Abraham Lincoln High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.0%

African American:

5.2%

White:

3.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2013 → 33rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 18 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (29% vs 40% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (43% vs 28% Colorado)

!Science scores 16 pts below the Colorado average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg37%

Colorado avg40%

640^th of 950

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 33%▲ up 29 pts since 2015

From bottom 3% (2015) to bottom 33% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

47^th of 99Elementary Schools in the School District No. 1

76^th of 115School District No. 1 among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	27.5	640 of 950	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.1	636 of 943	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	19.8	737 of 933	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	943 of 965	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	874 of 917	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.6	856 of 929	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.9	860 of 914	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	9.8	906 of 938	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	13.9	850 of 962	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	16.7	814 of 954	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	11.4	836 of 935	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	15.9	808 of 935	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	17.7	779 of 925	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	13.5	770 of 872	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	10.5	772 of 849	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	10.4	774 of 852	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	9.9	748 of 829	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	11.3	741 of 823	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	3.9	777 of 808	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	57.6	4 of 14	71.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	25.7	502 of 694	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.1	518 of 684	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	42.4	128 of 247	48.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	21.2	533 of 700	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.9	509 of 683	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)71st percentile+39 vs school

Hispanic (2025)48th percentile+16 vs school

Female (2025)28th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts30%-15 vs state

Math30%-6 vs state

Science23%-16 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, July 23, 2015

This school is so amazing my kid has been on an low grade for her average grade. She is going to go to Goldrick Elementary school for 2015. she has went there for 3 years and went to another school. she did not get along well Gust Elementary don't go there Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CMAS English Language Arts (2025)				CMAS Math (2025)				CMAS Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	Total
Goldrick Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1050 South Zuni Street	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6980	385	25	15.4	82.6%	14 (3.6%)	20 (5.2%)	331 (86.0%)	9 (2.3%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	27.5	640^th of 950 public elementary schools	32.6%		28.1	636^th of 943 public elementary schools	32.6%	4	25.0	19.5	40.4	30.2	30.2	23.7	35.6	29.8	22.8	$22,424
Godsman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2120 West Arkansas Avenue	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-7060	332	20	16.6	91.9%	15 (4.5%)	4 (1.2%)	298 (89.8%)	9 (2.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	12.9	841^st of 950 public elementary schools	11.5%		8.7	904^th of 943 public elementary schools	4.1%	63	14.3	13.0	28.6	20.3	23.1	15.9	8.1	16.5		$19,610
Rocky Mountain Prep Southwest	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	911 South Hazel Court	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(720) 863-8920	453	34	13.2	90.9%	16 (3.5%)	28 (6.2%)	386 (85.2%)	11 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (2.0%)	17.9	768^th of 950 public elementary schools	19.2%		9.1	899^th of 943 public elementary schools	4.7%	131	19.5	21.0	34.5	25.3		19.4		14.1	19.3	$15,205
Valverde Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2030 West Alameda Avenue	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-3250	359	26	13.7	85.2%	20 (5.6%)	25 (7.0%)	291 (81.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.8%)	11 (3.1%)	11.6	864^th of 950 public elementary schools	9.1%		6.1	931^st of 943 public elementary schools	1.3%	67	12.5	16.7	30.0	21.3	15.6	16.1	14.6	15.5	7.5	$21,726
Schmitt Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1820 South Vallejo Street	Denver	80223	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-4230	157	16	9.7	91.1%	12 (7.6%)	25 (15.9%)	109 (69.4%)	4 (2.5%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				14.3				9.6	23.5	$27,641
Charles M. Schenck (CMS) Community School	Public	K-5	1300 South Lowell Boulevard	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-4300	339	22	15.1	87.3%	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	332 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	15.9	794^th of 950 public elementary schools	16.4%		13.9	821^st of 943 public elementary schools	12.9%	27			23.9	18.8	24.5	25.5	14.0	21.3	12.0	$19,384
Castro Elementary School	Public	K-5	845 South Lowell Boulevard	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-8990	241	18	13.5	91.7%	5 (2.1%)	12 (5.0%)	207 (85.9%)	7 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	3 (1.2%)								(n/a)				8.4	44.8			14.7	10.4	$21,164
Munroe Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3440 West Virginia Avenue	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5230	332	22	15.0	88.9%	6 (1.8%)	14 (4.2%)	303 (91.3%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)								(n/a)				4.6	12.2			6.3		$21,288
Johnson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1850 South Irving Street	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6290	294	19	15.5	87.1%	18 (6.1%)	4 (1.4%)	261 (88.8%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	15.7	797^th of 950 public elementary schools	16.1%		13	834^th of 943 public elementary schools	11.6%	37			25.0	15.5	15.1	15.0	32.6	20.6	9.5	$20,340
KIPP Sunshine Peak Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	3400 West Nevada Place	Denver	80219	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 934-3245	146	13	10.8	89.0%	7 (4.8%)	3 (2.1%)	133 (91.1%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)								(n/a)				22.7						$23,033

Frequently Asked Questions about Goldrick Elementary School

How many students attend Goldrick Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 385 students attended Goldrick Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Goldrick Elementary School?

Students at Goldrick Elementary School are 86% Hispanic, 5% African American, 4% White, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What district is Goldrick Elementary School in?

School District No. 1

Is Goldrick Elementary School a good school?

Goldrick Elementary School ranks 640^th of 950 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools do graduates of Goldrick Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Goldrick Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Grant Beacon Middle School
High : Abraham Lincoln High School

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