Coal Creek Canyon K-8 Elementary School

Fantastic small mountain school. Moved to the canyon from northeast Denver and my child is thriving in this community. The school has a very supportive parent community and the smaller number of students is a welcomed change from Denver's overcrowded classrooms. It feels like the kids have the chance to take things slowly and breathe in this environment and the teachers, school staff and PTSA members are accessible and helpful. So glad we made the change from the city!

Great school, nurturing dedicated staff, amazing parent/community involvement, safe & beautiful mountain location. Our son loves it here and his progress on test scores has been amazing - I attribute this to his excellent & caring classroom teachers. Something about the academic environment & challenges motivates him tremendously; he actually looks forward to going to school each day & strives to excel. We don't even have to enforce homework rules - he comes home & does it at his own initiative every day! Have lived in big cities before, we watched many friends spend a fortune sending their kids to private schools since local schools funded by property taxes were so poor -- here, we feel like we really get our money's worth in an excellent public school funded by our tax dollars. There's an unusual lack of ethnic and socio-economic diversity for a public school, seemingly because of the people who choose to live in Coal Creek Canyon. The overwhelming majorty of student families are white and middle-class, but despite this there are no signs of descrimination or exclusivity - there's also no gang or drug culture. Small school means limited extracurricular activities, however.

excellent, dedicated teachers and principal; can't understand the one negative review except that it is from a parent with a personal grudge. This school is very highly focused on the subjects mentioned and the PTSA is very active with more extracurricular activities than in previous years

Friendly and caring parent-teacher relationships in a community willing to grow children.