I am a parent of two children at Lowry. I believe this is a caring, wonderful place for all children, and now it's becoming a true neighborhood school. The level of parent and community support is unrivaled in DPS, and the creative leadership at the school has brought about a Challenge program for motivated
... Read more students, an exceptional art program with an in-house kiln, visiting children's theater programs, outdoor gardens where the children can grow things and dig in the dirt, many great enrichment programs after school, etc. The school has a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, and the principal and teachers have very high goals and expectations. I would send my child to this school instead of the area's private schools even if they were free! The CSAP scores, which have gone up significantly, are only a small piece of the story here--there is so much more! Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/23/08
My son has been attending Lowry since 1st grade. His first 4 years have been good, sometimes great. But his 5th grade year has been disappointing, difficult and far from acceptable. The school environment has become unfriendly, primarily due to a change in the student population. With a rougher crowd
... Read more of kids, the classroom and playground are not safe. The principal and teachers are more concerned about avoiding blackmarks on their record than actually addressing the problem. My complaints of attacks on my son have been ignored altogether or paid lip-service. If my son weren't finishing his last year anyway, I would definitely be looking for another school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/24/08
I have 3 children at Lowry. We have had at least one child at the school for the past 6 years( currently Kindergarten, 2nd, 4th). While the school got off to a tenuous start, mostly due to poor leadership, we have been very pleased overall. We are very happy with all of our children's teachers and with
... Read more the direction the school is going in. We have 2 children who are in the gifted program and are very happy with the extra attention they get. All of our children seem to be challenged with the academics and come home from school happy and excited every day. We love that Lowry has such a diverse population and all the different cultures that it represents. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/01/07
My daughter is enjoying her 2nd year at Lowry, she started as a Kindergartener,and is now in 1st grade. I have been impressed from the start at the focus on academics, particularly in the way that the children are evaluated and put into groups based on their reading/math level etc. I am very pleased
... Read more with the enrichment classes offered after school, as well as the art/music/PE that is part of the regular curriculum. I find the teachers and office administrators to be responsive, proactive and courteous. I like the 'no bullys' policy, and the amount of attention/focus this gets in the materials that come home. Parent PTO communication is mostly through handouts and email. I am very eager to participate in all of the 'invitations' that go out, but have noticed it seems to be mostly parents of the 3rd grade and younger children. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/18/06
So far we have had a great experience with both our k. and first grade teachers. We have music, art sports and extracurricular activities. I was not too impressed with the PTO at the school. It seems as though there is a divide in the school between the haves and the have nots. I think the pto caters
... Read more to those who come from a higher socio-economic class than many of the families that attend Lowry. Fundraising activities included things like a golf fundraiser. It felt rather exclusive to me and turned me off from becoming more involved with them. I attended one meeting and attendance was pretty low. Maybe it was just an off day? I am concerned with the lates csap figures for 2005 in which Lowry went from an overall rating of average to low. Need to know more. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/07/05
I pulled my children out of this school after multiple displine problems during the course of 3 years. Displine problems were by other children physically or mentally attacking my children. The new principal took at least six months to do something about the consistent problems in this school. The
... Read more lack of paraprofessionals not being responsible for younger children and leaving them alone in bathrooms and the lunch room by themselves. Low CSAP scores in upper grades. Teachers are teaching to the test and not teaching anything else during the months of Jan-May. I felt that my older childs math had fallen through the cracks and I was right after transferring to a new school finding out she couldn't even do subtraction. My Kindergarter could do 1st grade math. Finding out how bored my children were at Lowry. If you have a gifted and talented child I would not recommend Lowry Elem. Read less
Posted by a teacher on 11/13/05
The quality of the school is generally good, though particularly so in the earlier k-2nd grades. The CSAP scores do not reflect the quality of the school given that it is so new and it is still 'finding its legs'. Much promise.
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* In 2006-2007 Colorado used the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) to test students' skills in reading, writing and mathematics in grades 3 through 10 and in science in grades 5, 8 and 10. The CSAP is a standards-based test, which means that it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Colorado. The goal is for all students to score at or above proficient on the test.
Student enrollment:
440
Students per teacher:
10
Full-time teachers:
44
Number of classrooms:
14
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Denver schools — Lowry Elementary School is located at 8001 E Cedar Ave, Denver CO 80230. 8001 E Cedar Ave is in the Lowry Field neighborhood and 80230 ZIP code in Denver, CO The school district for Lowry Elementary School is the Denver Public School District 1. Lowry Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK - 5.
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