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Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000109
Columbine Elementary School
3130 REPPLIER DRIVE, BOULDER, CO 80304 · (720) 561-2500 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
270 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
35.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
28.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.2% | 28.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 20.8% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Columbine Elementary School
Columbine Elementary School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine Elementary School this school | 369 | 73.2% | 29.3% |
| Fisher's Peak Elementary School TRINIDAD | 393 | 75.3% | 29.1% |
| Westview Elementary School NORTHGLENN | 402 | 71.6% | 22.6% |
| Irish Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 365 | 71.2% | 30.9% |
| Sunset Park Elementary School PUEBLO | 425 | 75.8% | 29.5% |
| Centennial Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 293 | 76.1% | 19.2% |
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 Columbine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #596 of 931 | #39 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #569 of 940 ▲ 107 | #41 of 48 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #575 of 946 ▼ 78 | #41 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #512 of 1,056 | #22 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #371 of 896 | #16 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #482 of 896 | #16 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #236 of 983 | #8 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.3% | #95 of 664 | #5 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
369
-63 (-15%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 369 | 24.7 | 14.9:1 | 73% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 24.7 | 16.0:1 | 68% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 30.8 | 13.2:1 | 64% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 56% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 35.4 | 15.2:1 | 55% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 35 | 15.4:1 | 63% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 68% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 354 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 61% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 33 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (537 to 369); teachers down 30% (35.4 to 24.7).
About Columbine Elementary School
Columbine Elementary School runs as a mid-sized elementary school in BOULDER, Colorado. In all, 369 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
District-wide, Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 has 56 schools and 27,988 students.
The largest group at Columbine Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 66%. Smaller groups are 26% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 15% of Boulder County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Columbine Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbine Elementary School is 14.9:1, based on 24.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Columbine Elementary School counts 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Boulder County is 33%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Columbine Elementary School would score about 22.4%. It scores 29.3%, 6.9 points above that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Boulder County show that median household income comes to about $103,994, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Boulder County counts 86 public schools with about 42,200 students.
Columbine Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Whittier Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Columbine Elementary School is behind the 51.3% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
Columbine Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 369, compared with 432 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 13.1 in 2020-21 to 14.9 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Columbine Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
Other schools in BOULDER
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Williamsburg Academy of ColoradoHigh · 622 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Nevin Platt Middle SchoolMiddle · 483 students
Other Columbine Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Columbine Elementary. Columbine Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Columbine Elementary SchoolFORT MORGAN, CO · 421 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 346 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolWOODLAND PARK, CO · 321 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolLONGMONT, CO · 231 students
- Columbine ElementaryDelano, CA · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Whittier Elementary School0.7 mi · 269
- Foothill Elementary School0.8 mi · 419
- Centennial Middle School0.9 mi · 598
- Casey Middle School0.9 mi · 363
- Williamsburg Academy of Colorado1.2 mi · 622
- Mapleton Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Columbine Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Columbine Elementary School?
Columbine Elementary School enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-05.
Is Columbine Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbine Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Columbine Elementary School have?
Columbine Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Columbine Elementary School?
At Columbine Elementary School, the student body is approximately 26% White, 66% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Columbine Elementary School public or private?
Columbine Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.