Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249001403
Alicia Sanchez International School
655 SIR GALAHAD DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, CO 80026 · (720) 561-7300 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
252 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
22.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
18.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.5% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 21.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 19% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alicia Sanchez International School
Alicia Sanchez International School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia Sanchez International School this school | 321 | 78.5% | 25.6% |
| Union Colony Elementary School EVANS | 342 | 76.0% | 22.0% |
| John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy WESTMINSTER | 354 | 76.0% | 24.8% |
| Shawsheen Elementary School GREELEY | 405 | 76.0% | 14.3% |
| Leroy Elementary NORTHGLENN | 435 | 78.9% | 16.8% |
| North Mor Elementary School NORTHGLENN | 304 | 79.3% | 17.3% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alicia Sanchez International School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #664 of 931 | #41 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #736 of 940 ▼ 56 | #45 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #782 of 946 ▲ 1 | #45 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #640 of 1,056 | #27 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #97 of 896 | #6 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #414 of 896 | #13 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #170 of 983 | #5 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #275 of 664 | #22 of 44 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
321
+18 (+6%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 10.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 321 | 25.4 | 12.7:1 | 79% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 26.6 | 12.0:1 | 75% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 30.4 | 11.3:1 | 74% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 30 | 10.1:1 | 71% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 32.5 | 12.4:1 | 68% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 78% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 27 | 11.0:1 | 69% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 42% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 30 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alicia Sanchez International School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (404 to 321); teachers down 22% (32.5 to 25.4).
About Alicia Sanchez International School
In LAFAYETTE, Colorado, Alicia Sanchez International School is a small elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 321 students.
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 has a total of 56 schools and 27,988 students, Alicia Sanchez International School among them.
A majority of students at Alicia Sanchez International School, 65%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 23% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Boulder County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Alicia Sanchez International School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Dividing enrollment by its 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.7:1. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. Eligible students account for 79% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Public schools in Boulder County average 33%.
The allk12 Grade for Alicia Sanchez International School is B-. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 45% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Alicia Sanchez International School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.6%, compared with a predicted 19.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census estimates describe Boulder County this way: median household income is about $103,994, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 86 public schools in Boulder County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,200.
Justice High Charter School is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Alicia Sanchez International School is 8th among 8 schools close by.
Alicia Sanchez International School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
The number of students climbed from 303 to 321 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 10.1:1 to 12.7:1.
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Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
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- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Angevine Middle SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Lafayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 497 students
- Pioneer Bilingual Elementary SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Ryan Elementary SchoolElementary · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Justice High Charter School0.2 mi · 108
- Peak to Peak Charter School0.3 mi · 1,447
- Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School0.8 mi · 439
- Lafayette Elementary School0.9 mi · 497
- Angevine Middle School1.1 mi · 619
- Ryan Elementary School1.5 mi · 436
Frequently asked questions
About Alicia Sanchez International SchoolHow many students attend Alicia Sanchez International School?
Alicia Sanchez International School enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Alicia Sanchez International School serve?
Alicia Sanchez International School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Alicia Sanchez International School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Alicia Sanchez International School.
How diverse is Alicia Sanchez International School?
Alicia Sanchez International School reports a student body of 23% White, 65% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Alicia Sanchez International School in?
Alicia Sanchez International School is part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.