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Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School

Public, Magnet Grades PK, KG-8

907^th

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of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School is a public PK-8 school in Denver's School District No. 1 serving roughly 585 students in a high-poverty area of the city. Nearly 89% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. Academically, however, the school is consistently ranked in the bottom decile of Colorado elementary schools, placing at the 4th percentile in the most recent state ranking.

In 2025–2026, just 11.3% of Farrell students were proficient in ELA and 12.1% in math, compared to district averages of 42.5% and 35.0%. Science proficiency in 5th grade was only 5.6% versus 33.2% districtwide. The steepest concern is an 8th-grade achievement cliff: only 5.8% of 8th graders were proficient in ELA and 6.0% in math, meaning more than 9 out of 10 students leave the school below grade level. While early-grade math is a relative bright spot—19.0% proficiency in 3rd grade—those gains are not sustained as students move through the school.

When compared to nearby schools, Farrell's results are not inevitable. Marie L. Greenwood Academy is another PK-8 school about a mile away with a nearly identical poverty rate, yet its 8th grade math proficiency was 32.9% versus Farrell's 6.0%. McGlone Academy, however, ranks even lower. Chronic absenteeism is a major challenge, with 46.0% of students missing substantial school time in 2024–2025. On a positive note, Farrell's dropout rate is remarkably low at 0.6%, showing students stay enrolled. Still, the lack of sustained academic improvement and the wide gap compared to similar nearby schools highlight the urgency of intervention.

585

Students ?

13.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,736

Per pupil spending ?

88.9%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in Colorado receive free school meals.

37.2%

Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR) (2025-26)

Exemptions: 0% (MMR)

14250 East Albrook Drive
Denver, CO 80239-4946

(720) 424-2740

District: School District No. 1

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.6%

African American:

11.5%

Pacific Islander:

1.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 12th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Colorado average (11% vs 40% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (50% vs 28% Colorado)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school11%

District avg38%

Colorado avg40%

Elementary school

907^th of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 10% (2016) to bottom 4% (2026)

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★★★★★

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Middle school

458^th of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 4% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

91^st of 99Elementary Schools in the School District No. 1

69^th of 114School 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	8.5	907 of 946	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	11.6	863 of 950	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	887 of 943	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	857 of 933	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.8	881 of 921	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.3	955 of 965	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	848 of 917	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.6	826 of 929	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.5	827 of 914	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	14.1	830 of 938	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	19.1	797 of 962	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	14.7	827 of 954	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	8.1	881 of 935	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.2	898 of 935	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	4.2	901 of 925	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	3.3	853 of 872	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2023	29.4	13 of 17	23.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	13.2	602 of 694	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	607 of 684	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	10.2	604 of 642	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.1	754 of 758	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.3	675 of 690	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	14.7	599 of 700	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	7.9	663 of 683	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	616 of 649	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.4	760 of 764	0.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	633 of 693	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	8.9	458 of 476	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.8	437 of 469	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.4	479 of 485	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	464 of 480	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.9	432 of 448	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	426 of 458	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.1	389 of 418	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.0	396 of 424	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	12.9	370 of 400	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	9.3	428 of 436	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	7.8	438 of 461	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	6.6	431 of 454	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	7.1	397 of 425	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	8.7	392 of 422	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	11.9	371 of 409	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	6.7	358 of 377	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	15.9	298 of 347	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.9	304 of 326	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.4	305 of 315	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	10.4	332 of 352	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.7	318 of 328	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.2	252 of 317	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2023)24th percentile+15 vs school

Male (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2025)13th percentile+4 vs school

Middle school

Female (2025)14th percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

Math12%-25 vs state

English Language Arts11%-33 vs state

Science6%-30 vs state

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Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-8	14250 East Albrook Drive	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	Yes	No	Yes	(720) 424-2740	585	43	13.5	88.9%	8 (1.4%)	67 (11.5%)	489 (83.6%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	7 (1.2%)	8.5	907^th of 946 public elementary schools	4.1%		11.6	863^rd of 950 public elementary schools	9.2%	44	682.0	719.0	13.0	10.1	18.7	5.8	11.3	19.0	17.9	9.3	11.6	13.0	6.0	12.1	5.6	696.0	37.2%	0%	$19,736
McGlone Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	4500 Crown Boulevard	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5660	842	56	14.9	89.0%	22 (2.6%)	59 (7.0%)	703 (83.5%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.9%)	10 (1.2%)	5.2	943^rd of 946 public elementary schools	0.3%		6.4	934^th of 950 public elementary schools	1.7%	9	7.1	9.3	4.3	6.8	7.1	6.1	6.5	9.0	12.2	9.7	6.8	5.4	6.1	8.8	3.3	709.0	87%	0%	$19,373
Maxwell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	14390 East Bolling Drive	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5740	638	39	16.3	92.9%	20 (3.1%)	65 (10.2%)	530 (83.1%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.6%)	8 (1.3%)	5.3	942^nd of 946 public elementary schools	0.4%		5.7	942^nd of 950 public elementary schools	0.8%		8.9	15.3	16.0				14.1	4.5	4.4	9.6				6.3	7.7		49.2%	0%	$19,838
Oakland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4580 Dearborn Street	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-5070	352	24	14.5	85.5%	11 (3.1%)	71 (20.2%)	240 (68.2%)	5 (1.4%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.3%)	14 (4.0%)	12.9	844^th of 946 public elementary schools	10.8%		21.2	720^th of 950 public elementary schools	24.2%	124	697.0	716.0	10.5				8.9	22.5	21.1	18.4				20.7	706.0		85.7%	2%	$22,156
Monarch Montessori	Public, Charter	K-5	4895 N Peoria Street	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 712-2001	282	20	14.0	68.4%	49 (17.4%)	40 (14.2%)	167 (59.2%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.5%)	11.4	869^th of 946 public elementary schools	8.1%		14.2	818^th of 950 public elementary schools	13.9%	51	16.7	26.5	21.7				22.2	706.0	12.8	707.0				9.2	701.0		91.1%	1.8%	$16,620
Academy 360	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	12000 E. 47th Ave	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	Yes	No	No	Yes	(303) 574-1360	201	16	12.6	70.1%	11 (5.5%)	66 (32.8%)	103 (51.2%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	16 (8.0%)	10.1	887^th of 946 public elementary schools	6.2%					(n/a)	15.0	23.5	21.1				19.6	17.4	719.0	716.0				14.8	707.0		68.3%	0%	$18,234
Marie L. Greenwood Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	5130 Durham Court	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-6630	597	37	15.9	88.4%	4 (0.7%)	83 (13.9%)	483 (80.9%)	8 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.3%)	5 (0.8%)	12.3	856^th of 946 public elementary schools	9.5%		10.4	881^st of 950 public elementary schools	7.3%	25	15.4	25.8	27.8	21.1	28.4	28.8	25.4	26.5	9.3	13.0	7.9	18.9	32.9	18.2	9.3	20.5	95.7%	0%	$18,276
Escalante-Biggs Academy	Public	PK-K	5300 Crown Blvd	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-4620	306	21	14.4	85.0%	10 (3.3%)	34 (11.1%)	247 (80.7%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.6%)								(n/a)																	96.3%	0.9%	$21,039
Park Lane Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	13001 East 30th Ave	Aurora	80011	Adams County	Aurora Joint District No. 28	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 343-8313	486	29	16.7	91.8%	29 (6.0%)	69 (14.2%)	332 (68.3%)	18 (3.7%)	9 (1.9%)	4 (0.8%)	25 (5.1%)	6.6	930^th of 946 public elementary schools	1.7%		4.1	950^th of 950 public elementary schools	0.0%	20	7.1	9.9	16.2				10.9	7.1	8.6	6.8				7.5	19.2		84.6%	0%	$18,250
John H. Amesse Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5440 Scranton Street	Denver	80239	Denver County	School District No. 1	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 424-9988	358	22	16.3	94.1%	10 (2.8%)	32 (8.9%)	305 (85.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	3 (0.8%)	14.4	823^rd of 946 public elementary schools	13.0%		6.3	936^th of 950 public elementary schools	1.5%	113	17.6	17.4	25.6				21.7	21.4	14.3	14.0				16.4	25.6		82.1%	0%	$20,250

Frequently Asked Questions about Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School

What district is Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School in?

School District No. 1

How many students attend Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 585 students attended Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School.

What is the racial makeup of Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School?

Students at Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School are 84% Hispanic, 11% African American, 2% Pacific Islander, 1% White, 1% Two or more races.

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Farrell B. Howell Ece-8 School ranks in the bottom 4.1% of Colorado elementary schools.

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