Emily Griffith Opportunity School
1250 Welton Street, Denver, CO, 80204-2197 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Emily Griffith Opportunity School
School Level High school
School Type Other/alternative school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Denver County, CO
Students & Faculty
Total Students 605 students
% Male / % Female 47%  /  53%
Total Classroom Teachers 20 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 61 students
Grade 10 - 82 students
Grade 11 - 186 students
Grade 12 - 276 students
This School
(CO) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:30 1:17
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(CO) School Average
% American Indian 3% 2%
% Asian 3% 2%
% Hispanic 50% 26%
% Black 28% 5%
% White 16% 66%
Additional Student Information
This School
(CO) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 20% 19%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch n/a 5%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(CO) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Denver County 1 School District
This School's Agency
(CO) District Average
Number of Schools Managed n/a 3
Number of Students Managed n/a 677 students
District Total Revenue $713,938,000 $6,335,000
District Expenditure $790,799,000 $6,229,000
District Revenue / Student n/a $9,357
District Expenditure / Student n/a $9,201
District Graduation Rates n/a n/a
In the News:
  • "Embrace!" celebrates Denver Art Museum's Hamilton building (Denver Post)
    posted on November 8, 2009 at 08:20:13 am
    Most art shows are orderly affairs — paintings or sculptures carefully arranged in galleries that are meant to quietly recede into the background. A daring exhibition set to open Saturday at the Denver Art Museum upends such conventions.
  • Colorado Business (Denver Post)
    posted on September 23, 2009 at 07:12:43 am
    Liquid Compass, a Denver-based streaming-delivery network to the radio industry, announced it has signed Salem Communications and Saga Communications Inc. to its streaming radio network.
  • Fash 'n' furious at the Denver Art Museum (Denver Post)
    posted on August 9, 2009 at 07:12:54 am
    By now the formula is familiar. Assemble a group of fashion designers. Give them an assistant, a model and some raw materials — fabric, craft items, wire, duct tape — as well as a sewing machine, scissors and notions.
  • Mature workers staying in or returning to the workforce (Englewood Herald)
    posted on June 7, 2009 at 05:20:58 am
    Myra Freedman’s plan to retire in June was derailed when her investments lost more than 50 percent of their value.
  • Denver's Road Home Units Ahead Of Pace (KMGH 7 Denver)
    posted on May 24, 2009 at 05:10:21 pm
    Build more. The opening of 66 new units for the homeless at the historic Aromor on Capitol Hill on May 18, combined with hundreds more apartments coming online this year, puts Denver's Road Home well ahead of a pace to find 3,000 units in a decade.
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (80204)
School Zip (80204)
(CO) State Average
Population (Approximate) 32,789 people 4,157,972 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 18% 33%
Population Average Age 27 years old 34 years old
Average Household size 2.9 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $28,247 $49,703
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4 rooms 5.7 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 52 years old 35 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (80204)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 36% / 64% 67% / 33%
School Map:
1. P.s.1 Charter School - 370 students - 0.6 mi. away - view location
2. Prep Assessment Center Contemporary Learn - 43 students - 0.6 mi. away - view location
3. West High School - 1379 students - 0.7 mi. away - view location
4. Colorado High School - 129 students - 0.7 mi. away - view location
5. Emerson Street School - 73 students - 1.0 mi. away - view location
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Note: Data has been gathered from several government and commercial data sources. School data reflects 2006 statistics (most recent year available).

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