Background data for Greater Park Hill/Stapleton Planning & Analysis 1

Greater Park Hill and Stapleton Purpose of this information: – Provide an initial fact base structured in response to concerns the community group identified in first two meetings How data is organized: – Schools Quality Diversity Demand Capacity – Students Today & future growth – Diversity & Equity Of neighborhoods Of school boundaries 2

3 Northeast Park Hill North Park Hill South Park Hill Stapleton Quebec Colorado Colfax 24 th Ave. Martin Luther King Note that these are Denver Neighborhoods. Just south of Stapleton, we have included only a portion of East Colfax. East Colfax

There are a variety of traditional, charter, and magnet schools located in the GPHS area SchoolTypeGrades SmithTraditionalEC-5 StedmanTraditionalEC-5 AshleyTraditionalEC-5 SwigertTraditionalEC-5 Westerly CreekTraditionalEC-5 Hallett Fundamental AcademyMagnetEC-5 Park HillTraditionalEC-8 RobertsTraditionalEC-8 Odyssey Charter SchoolCharterK-8 SmileyTraditional6-8 McAuliffeTraditional6-8 Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) Charter6-12 Venture PrepCharter6-12 Denver School of the Arts (DSA)Magnet6-12 East HSTraditional9-12 George Washington HSTraditional Note: East HS and George Washington HS are located outside the selected region but have boundaries that reach into this area Swigert

Performance of schools in the area varies Stapleton Schools DSST, Westerly Creek high performing schools; NW Park Hill schools Smith, Venture Prep on probation in DSST (Charter) only Distinguished in area– 82% overall SPF Venture Prep (Charter) and Smith are lowest performing schools (32% and 33% overall SPF, respectively) Note: Change lines reflect trends from 2008 to SPF Overall SPF Overall SPF Growth SPF Growth

Schools in area have widely divergent student enrollment mostly aligning with ethnic and socioeconomic compositions of neighborhoods they are in and unfortunately often (though not always) with school performance

And perhaps because of this, 8 of 10 students in Smiley boundary elect to go to other schools (below left) Higher choice out than other area schools In , 81% of students from Smiley boundary choice out, 32% of non-boundary students choice in. 50% of students from Park Hill choice out, 35% of non-boundary students choice in. 30% of students from Ashley choice out, 36% of non-boundary students choice in. 7

Most schools in NNE are at or over capacity; open seats at Smiley and George Washington 8 Schools under capacity: Schools over capacity: Westerly Creek Roberts Ashley Stedman Smith Hallett Park Hill Odyssey Schools have been approximately placed Swigert/ McAuliffe Note that Smiley facility houses Smiley and Venture Prep

There are 5,843 K-12 students living in GPHS who attend a DPS school, making up about 8% of all DPS K- 12 students # of K-12 students attending a DPS school North Park Hill1,335 Northeast Park Hill1,486 South Park Hill849 Stapleton2,173 Total5, ,025 DPS K-12 students living in the NNE 69,375 DPS K-12 students living in Denver Data pulled from capture rates report 1,616 additional DPS EC students (3 and 4 year olds) living in the NNE

Largest number of K-12 students living in Stapleton, South Park Hill has lowest capture rates, Northeast Park Hill has highest # of school-aged children living in area (5-17 yo) # of students enrolled in any DPS K-12 school in 2010 K-12 Capture Rate Northeast Park Hill1,5701,48695% North Park Hill1,4611,33591% South Park Hill1, % Stapleton2,4342,17389% Total6,7125,84387% K-12 Capture Rates Capture rate = # of students in the neighborhood enrolled in any DPS school # of all school-aged children in neighborhood 10 1,616 additional EC students (3 and 4 year olds) living in the NNE 2010 capture rates based on 2010 census data

Over next 5 years, growth in Park Hill student population expected to be flat; Stapleton to add over 2,000 students Largest increases in forecasted enrollment at the Elementary school level. Stapleton growth driven by development Largest increases in forecasted enrollment at the Elementary school level. Stapleton growth driven by development 11 Data pulled from Forecast file

The area is very diverse but neighborhoods within it are segregated.. South Park Hill and Stapleton are predominantly white, Northeast Park Hill is predominantly non-white (majority African American) and North Park Hill is comparatively diverse; have seen changes % Hispanic % African American % White % Hispanic % African American % White 12 Northeast Park HillNorth Park Hill South Park Hill Stapleton % Hispanic % African American % White Data from Piton Foundation, note that Stapleton data does not include East Colfax. Change over time

... socioeconomically as well 13 Data from Piton Foundation, note that Stapleton data does not include East Colfax. 14% increase in NE Park Hill

School boundaries that have been created largely perpetuate this segregation shown here are middle school boundaries and the composition of DPS students living in them Students living in the Stapleton Enrollment Zone: 15% FRL 37% Minority Students living in the Stapleton Enrollment Zone: 15% FRL 37% Minority Students living in the Smiley Boundary: 67% FRL 77% Minority Students living in the Smiley Boundary: 67% FRL 77% Minority 14 Middle School Boundaries Data computed from 2011 October Count

Elementary boundaries are smaller, but segregation is still pronounced Students living in the Smith boundary: 87% FRL 94% Minority Students living in the Stedman boundary: 66% FRL 88% Minority Students living in the Park Hill boundary: 24% FRL 36% Minority Students living in the Ashley boundary: 85% FRL 85% Minority Students living in the Swigert/Roberts/ Westerly Creek enrollment zone: 12% FRL 28% Minority 15 Elementary School Boundaries Data computed from 2011 October Count

Appendix A: Capture rates by education level Elementary Middle High 16 # of school-aged children living in area (5-10 yo) # of students enrolled in DPS K- 5 school in 2010ES Capture Rates Northeast Park Hill % North Park Hill % South Park Hill % Stapleton % Total % # of school-aged children living in area (11-13 yo) # of students enrolled in DPS 6- 8 school in 2010MS Capture Rates Northeast Park Hill % North Park Hill % South Park Hill % Stapleton % Total % # of school-aged children living in area (14-17 yo) # of students enrolled in DPS school in 2010HS Capture Rates Northeast Park Hill % North Park Hill % South Park Hill % Stapleton % Total %

Appendix B: 2010 Enrollment and 2016 Forecast 17

Appendix C: Index of school information SchoolTypeGrades Enrollment Enrollment % FRL% Minority Overall SPF Growth SmithTraditionalEC %97%33%36% StedmanTraditionalEC %93%54%58% AshleyTraditionalEC %94%38% Swigert-McAuliffeTraditionalEC %28% Westerly CreekTraditionalEC %31%73%72% Hallett Fundamental AcademyMagnetEC %96%71%76% Park HillTraditionalEC %43%70%72% RobertsTraditionalEC %30%63%64% Odyssey Charter SchoolCharterK %44%71%67% SmileyTraditional %88%50%54% DSSTCharter %68%82%87% Venture PrepCharter %92%32%25% Denver School of the ArtsMagnet %36%73%57% East HSTraditional %56%66%55% George WashingtonTraditional %75%44%33% 18