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Enrollment
581
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE1J·NCES 080537006530
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School
705 AUSTIN AVENUE, ERIE, CO 80516 · (720) 242-6225 · Weld County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
15.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
63 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 20% larger than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
Math
49.6%
CO avg 36.1% . +7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 49.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 41.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Aspen Ridge Preparatory School
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspen Ridge Preparatory School this school | 581 | 10.8% | 44.9% |
| Academy Charter School CASTLE ROCK | 581 | 10.5% | 67.7% |
| Wilder Elementary School LITTLETON | 592 | 9.5% | 66.0% |
| Red Hawk Elementary ERIE | 588 | 12.6% | 53.8% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School PARKER | 480 | 10.4% | 57.8% |
| Mitchell Elementary School GOLDEN | 478 | 11.1% | 75.4% |
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 Aspen Ridge Preparatory School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #374 of 931 | #16 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #274 of 940 ▲ 82 | #13 of 55 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #389 of 946 ▲ 68 | #16 of 55 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #133 of 1,056 | #17 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #428 of 896 | #14 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #758 of 896 | #52 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.8% | #940 of 983 | #57 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.8% | #63 of 200 | #7 of 17 |
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
581
+99 (+21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 581 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 11% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 38 | 14.4:1 | 9% (47) |
| 2022-23 | 547 | 38.6 | 14.2:1 | 8% (45) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 25.6 | 18.8:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 23 | 17.0:1 | 3% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aspen Ridge Preparatory School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (481 to 581); teachers up 49% (25.6 to 38).
About Aspen Ridge Preparatory School
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School is an elementary school in ERIE, Colorado, reachable at (720) 242-6225. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 581 students. That is 53% bigger than the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J is the district for Aspen Ridge Preparatory School. It has 54 schools and 31,607 students.
White students are 81% of those enrolled at Aspen Ridge Preparatory School. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
There are 38 full-time-equivalent teachers at Aspen Ridge Preparatory School, giving a ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. By family income, 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Weld County average 47%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Aspen Ridge Preparatory School outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 44.9%, is 15.2 points below the 60.1% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Weld County show that the median household earns about $97,097 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Weld County, 116 public schools serve about 61,274 students.
A public school about 1.0 miles away, Red Hawk Elementary, is the closest to Aspen Ridge Preparatory School. Aspen Ridge Preparatory School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Aspen Ridge Preparatory School ranks 8th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Small, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000. Federal records list Aspen Ridge Preparatory School as a charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 581, up from 482 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Aspen Ridge Preparatory School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Niwot High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Frederick Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,491 students
- Longmont High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Soaring Heights PK-8Elementary · 1,211 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
Other schools in ERIE
- Erie High SchoolHigh · 1,727 students
- Soaring Heights PK-8Elementary · 1,211 students
- Erie Middle SchoolMiddle · 762 students
- Meadowlark SchoolElementary · 747 students
- Black Rock ElementaryElementary · 597 students
- Red Hawk ElementaryElementary · 588 students
Nearby schools
- Red Hawk Elementary1.0 mi · 588
- Erie Elementary School1.2 mi · 486
- Erie Middle School1.2 mi · 762
- Highlands Elementary School1.4 mi · 528
- Meadowlark School1.6 mi · 747
- Erie High School2.3 mi · 1,727
Frequently asked questions
About Aspen Ridge Preparatory SchoolHow large is Aspen Ridge Preparatory School?
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School enrolls approximately 581 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Aspen Ridge Preparatory School serve?
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Aspen Ridge Preparatory School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Aspen Ridge Preparatory School.
How diverse is Aspen Ridge Preparatory School?
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School reports a student body of 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Aspen Ridge Preparatory School?
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School is overseen by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J in Weld County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.