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Enrollment
542
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE1J·NCES 080537006381
Blue Mountain Elementary
1260 MOUNTAIN DRIVE, LONGMONT, CO 80503 · (720) 652-8220 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
93 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 | 34 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
47%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
68.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
72.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 74.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Blue Mountain Elementary
Blue Mountain Elementary's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain Elementary this school | 542 | 17.2% | 74.5% |
| Black Rock Elementary ERIE | 597 | 19.3% | 61.4% |
| Dennison Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 575 | 12.7% | 88.8% |
| Zach Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 492 | 15.9% | 84.4% |
| Prairie Crossing Elementary School PARKER | 612 | 16.3% | 64.1% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 462 | 14.7% | 65.8% |
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 Blue Mountain Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #29 of 931 | #7 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #39 of 940 ▼ 15 | #8 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #99 of 946 ▼ 38 | #19 of 48 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 542 | #170 of 1,056 | #6 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #668 of 896 | #36 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.9% | #534 of 896 | #21 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #867 of 983 | #36 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #559 of 664 | #42 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
542
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
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 | 542 | 31.8 | 17.1:1 | 17% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 31.8 | 17.5:1 | 14% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 31.6 | 17.5:1 | 10% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 8% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 573 | 31 | 18.5:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 31 | 19.6:1 | 8% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 8% (39) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Mountain Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (573 to 542); teachers up 3% (31 to 31.8).
About Blue Mountain Elementary
Among the schools in LONGMONT, Colorado, is Blue Mountain Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 542 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Colorado enroll about 379 students on average.
Federal data list 54 schools in St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, with 31,607 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Blue Mountain Elementary is 71% White. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
Blue Mountain Elementary lists 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is about 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 17% of the student body. The average for public schools in Boulder County is 33%.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Blue Mountain Elementary does better than predicted by 18.1 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.5%; the prediction is 56.3%.
Boulder County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $103,994 a year, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Blue Mountain Elementary shares Boulder County with 85 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Altona Middle School is closest at about 0.6 miles. Blue Mountain Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Blue Mountain Elementary comes in 1st of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Blue Mountain Elementary in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 542, starting from 555. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.1:1 in 2020-21 to 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Blue Mountain Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
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 LONGMONT
- Longmont High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Silver Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,208 students
- Mead High SchoolHigh · 1,174 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,082 students
- Twin Peaks Classical AcademyCombined · 879 students
- Timberline PK-8Elementary · 762 students
Nearby schools
- Altona Middle School0.6 mi · 715
- Silver Creek High School0.6 mi · 1,208
- Eagle Crest Elementary School0.7 mi · 421
- Flagstaff Charter Academy2.4 mi · 725
- New Meridian High School2.8 mi · 95
- St. Vrain Virtual High School2.8 mi · 69
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Mountain ElementaryHow many students attend Blue Mountain Elementary?
Blue Mountain Elementary enrolls approximately 542 students in grades PK-05.
Is Blue Mountain Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Blue Mountain Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Blue Mountain Elementary?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Blue Mountain Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Blue Mountain Elementary?
Student demographics at Blue Mountain Elementary are roughly 71% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Blue Mountain Elementary in?
Blue Mountain 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.