School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Barney Ford Elementary SchoolDraft

Denver County 1 · Denver · elementary (grades 3–5)
+6.3
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Barney Ford Elementary School scored 7.8 points above expected in English and 4.8 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 85th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 11th), and #20 of 88 neighborhood elementary schools in Denver County 1.

English vs. expected
+7.8
±3.3 pts · 85th pct. adjusted
English growth
49
median growth percentile · 80th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+4.8
±2.3 pts · 74th pct. adjusted
Math growth
51
median growth percentile · 92nd among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
0%10%20%30%40%202420252026English 26%Math 14%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+3.8+8.4+10.9
English growth (MGP)415354
Math vs. expected (pts)+3.2+6.0+5.1
Math growth (MGP)425258
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Marie L. Greenwood Academy+12.0Kemp+9.7Clyde Miller K-8+8.8Welby Community School of the A…+8.0Barney Ford+7.8South+7.4Adventure Elementary+6.4Dupont+4.6Edna and John W. Mosley P-8+3.5Global Intermediate Academy+3.4John H. Amesse Elementary+3.1Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School+1.5James Madison STEAM Academy+1.4Coronado Hills−0.3Fulton Academy of Excellence−0.6Centennial−1.0Monaco−2.4Iowa−2.6Boston K-8 School−2.7McElwain−3.4Laredo−4.6Maplewood−5.1Bella Romero Academy of Applied…−6.2Altura−7.3Tollgate of Expeditionary Learni−8.2Crawford−8.7

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado elementary schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+14%Free/reduced-price lunch96%English learners62%Students with IEPs13%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 2.4× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 432. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.