Boulder Universal

In BOULDER, Colorado, Boulder Universal is a low-enrollment combined-grade school. The school's enrollment of 231 students covers kindergarten through 12. Statewide, combined schools in Colorado average about 523 students each.

A total of 56 schools make up Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, with 27,988 students enrolled.

A majority of students at Boulder Universal, 63%, are White. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Boulder County's residents are about 78% White, 15 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Boulder Universal belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.

Boulder Universal operates with 16.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.2:1. Combined schools in Colorado average about 14.3:1, a similar figure.

Among Boulder County residents, median household income is about $103,994, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 86 public schools in Boulder County, with a combined enrollment of about 42,200.

Nearest public school: Arapahoe Ridge High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.

Boulder Universal is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size. In federal data, Boulder Universal is a virtual school.

Enrollment records show 954 in 2020-21 and 231 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.7:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.

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