Enrollment
231
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. VRAIN VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE1J·NCES 080537001373
Columbine Elementary School
111 LONGS PEAK AVENUE, LONGMONT, CO 80501 · (303) 776-2840 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
206 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
28%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
26.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 21.7% |
% 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
24.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
12.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% 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 (24.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbine Elementary School this school | 231 | 89.2% | 24.7% |
| Eva R Baca Elementary School PUEBLO | 250 | 91.2% | 20.6% |
| Sherrelwood Elementary School DENVER | 204 | 85.3% | 23.8% |
| Bradford Elementary School PUEBLO | 252 | 89.3% | 15.6% |
| Indian Peaks Elementary School LONGMONT | 214 | 84.6% | 28.0% |
| Beach Court Elementary School DENVER | 275 | 89.5% | 22.4% |
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 Columbine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.7% | #686 of 931 | #42 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #630 of 940 ▲ 39 | #43 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #714 of 946 ▲ 72 | #43 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #864 of 1,056 | #45 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #63 of 896 | #2 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #822 of 896 | #42 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #41 of 983 | #1 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #169 of 664 | #15 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
231
-27 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 231 | 19.1 | 12.1:1 | 89% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 230 | 19.4 | 11.9:1 | 82% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 19 | 12.6:1 | 83% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 20 | 12.9:1 | 89% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 24.1 | 13.0:1 | 86% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 89% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 83% (301) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 75% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbine Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (314 to 231); teachers down 21% (24.1 to 19.1).
About Columbine Elementary School
Columbine Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in LONGMONT, Colorado. Enrollment totals 231 students across pre-K through 5. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in Colorado.
St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J operates 54 schools. Combined enrollment is 31,607 students.
At Columbine Elementary School, 84% of students are Hispanic. It is also 12% White and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Boulder County is roughly 15% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Columbine Elementary School scores 28%.
Columbine Elementary School lists 19.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.1 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. About 89% of students at Columbine Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 56 points above the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County.
On the allk12 Grade, Columbine Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Columbine Elementary School would be expected to post about 12.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.7%.
The county, Boulder County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $103,994, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 86, with about 42,200 students.
Central Elementary School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Columbine Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 258 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 231 by 2024-25.
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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
Other Columbine Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Columbine Elementary. Columbine Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Columbine Elementary SchoolFORT MORGAN, CO · 421 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolBOULDER, CO · 369 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 346 students
- Columbine Elementary SchoolWOODLAND PARK, CO · 321 students
- Columbine ElementaryDelano, CA · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Central Elementary School0.7 mi · 344
- Timberline PK-80.8 mi · 762
- St. Vrain LaunchED Virtual Academy0.9 mi · 342
- Rocky Mountain Elementary School1.0 mi · 315
- Skyline High School1.2 mi · 1,082
- St. Vrain Community Montessori School1.3 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About Columbine Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Columbine Elementary School?
Columbine Elementary School enrolls approximately 231 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Columbine Elementary School serve?
Columbine Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Columbine Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbine Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Columbine Elementary School?
Columbine Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 84% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Columbine Elementary School public or private?
Columbine Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.
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