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What's the most underrated thing about Black Rock Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE1J·NCES 080537006409
Black Rock Elementary
2000 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD, ERIE, CO 80516 · (720) 890-3995 · Weld County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest 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
20.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
115 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 117 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
52%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
62.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
57.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.5% | 65.0% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Black Rock Elementary
Black Rock Elementary's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Rock Elementary this school | 597 | 19.3% | 61.4% |
| Blue Mountain Elementary LONGMONT | 542 | 17.2% | 74.5% |
| Dennison Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 575 | 12.7% | 88.8% |
| Flagstaff Charter Academy LONGMONT | 725 | 19.4% | 52.2% |
| Zach Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 492 | 15.9% | 84.4% |
| Chinook Trail Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 632 | 16.9% | 64.3% |
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 Black Rock Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #139 of 931 | #4 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #173 of 940 ▼ 96 | #6 of 55 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #177 of 946 ▼ 28 | #4 of 55 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #112 of 1,056 | #15 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #866 of 896 | #51 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #377 of 896 | #17 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.3% | #841 of 983 | #52 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.9% | #226 of 664 | #7 of 30 |
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
597
+42 (+8%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 597 | 29.7 | 20.1:1 | 19% (115) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 32.4 | 19.0:1 | 13% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 607 | 32 | 19.0:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 8% (44) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 36.2 | 21.4:1 | 3% (24) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 35 | 21.7:1 | 4% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 38 | 20.1:1 | 5% (36) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Black Rock Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (774 to 597); teachers down 18% (36.2 to 29.7).
About Black Rock Elementary
Black Rock Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ERIE, Colorado. The school's enrollment of 597 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 58% higher than the average for elementary schools in Colorado, which is about 379.
Black Rock Elementary is one school in a 54-school district, St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, which enrolls 31,607 students.
A majority of students at Black Rock Elementary, 66%, are White. Next come 16% Hispanic, 11% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Black Rock Elementary has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Black Rock Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.1:1. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. The lunch program counts 19% of students at Black Rock Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Weld County report 47%.
allk12 grades Black Rock Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Black Rock Elementary would be expected to post about 55.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.4%.
Weld County has about 350,396 residents, and median household income is about $97,097, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 116 public schools in Weld County, with a combined enrollment of about 61,274.
The next-closest public school is Prospect Ridge Academy, about 0.8 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Black Rock Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 61.4% is above the 56.8% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Black Rock Elementary's location as Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 555 to 597.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Black Rock Elementary covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Red Hawk ElementaryElementary · 588 students
- Aspen Ridge Preparatory SchoolElementary · 581 students
Nearby schools
- Prospect Ridge Academy0.8 mi · 1,478
- Thunder Vista P-81.5 mi · 725
- Highlands Elementary School2.4 mi · 528
- Aspen Ridge Preparatory School2.8 mi · 581
- Erie High School2.9 mi · 1,727
- Soaring Heights PK-83.1 mi · 1,211
Frequently asked questions
About Black Rock ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Black Rock Elementary?
Black Rock Elementary enrolls approximately 597 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Black Rock Elementary serve?
Black Rock Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Black Rock Elementary have?
Black Rock Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Black Rock Elementary?
Student demographics at Black Rock Elementary are roughly 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 11% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Black Rock Elementary in?
Black Rock Elementary is part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.