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Aspen Creek K-8 School
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Aspen Creek K-8 School
Aspen Creek K-8 School, an expansive elementary-level community in BROOMFIELD, Colorado, operated by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, works with 844 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Aspen Creek K-8 School sits 123% bigger than that benchmark.
Within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which oversees 56 schools and 27,988 students, Aspen Creek K-8 School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Aspen Creek K-8 School shows that White students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school logs 17% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Aspen Creek K-8 School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 25% of students at Aspen Creek K-8 School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Aspen Creek K-8 School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.2%.
Across the wider county, Broomfield County reports that median household earnings sit near $123,874, about 60% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Broomfield County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,844 students), of which Aspen Creek K-8 School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Coyote Ridge Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Aspen Creek K-8 School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Aspen Creek K-8 School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.1%.
Aspen Creek K-8 School operates from a downtown location.
Over the past 7-year window. Aspen Creek K-8 School's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 943 (now 844).
On the community side, members of the Aspen Creek K-8 School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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