Alpine Elementary School

Alpine Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus in LONGMONT, Colorado, one of the schools within St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J. The school hosts 388 students in grades pre-K through 5.

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 31,607 students. Alpine Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Alpine Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 46% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Boulder County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Boulder County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, Alpine Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 38.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Boulder County shows median household income runs about $103,994, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Boulder County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), Alpine Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Skyline High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alpine Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 26.3%.

Alpine Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 534 students in 2018 compared to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 37% to 48%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Alpine Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.