Enrollment
277
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249001227
Community Montessori School
805 GILLASPIE DR, BOULDER, CO 80305 · (720) 561-3700 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL277 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test 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
17.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
81 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 45 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
51%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
56.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.3% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 51.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Community Montessori School
Community Montessori School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Montessori School this school | 277 | 29.2% | 56.0% |
| Bamford Elementary School LOVELAND | 310 | 27.7% | 55.3% |
| Leawood Elementary School LITTLETON | 321 | 27.1% | 50.0% |
| Centennial Elementary School LOVELAND | 324 | 30.6% | 45.3% |
| Stone Creek School EDWARDS | 297 | 30.3% | 32.4% |
| Kohl Elementary School BROOMFIELD | 273 | 26.7% | 59.0% |
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 Community Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #200 of 931 | #25 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #225 of 940 ▲ 1 | #28 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #270 of 946 ▲ 23 | #30 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 277 | #771 of 1,056 | #37 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #746 of 896 | #40 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #432 of 896 | #14 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.2% | #718 of 983 | #24 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #510 of 664 | #37 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
277
+35 (+14%) vs 2020
+54% since 2000-01, when it was 180
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 277 | 15.6 | 17.7:1 | 29% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 277 | 16.7 | 16.6:1 | 27% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 17.9 | 15.3:1 | 19% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 242 | 15 | 16.1:1 | 23% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 17.6 | 17.2:1 | 20% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 14 | 23.5:1 | 14% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 15 | 21.0:1 | 17% (52) |
| 2000-01 | 180 | 8 | 22.5:1 | 1% (2) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Community Montessori School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (302 to 277); teachers down 11% (17.6 to 15.6).
About Community Montessori School
Community Montessori School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in BOULDER, Colorado. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 277 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Colorado is roughly 379 students; this school is 27% smaller than that.
Besides Community Montessori School, Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 runs 55 other schools. The district enrolls 27,988 students.
A majority of students at Community Montessori School, 67%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Boulder County, the White share is about 78%. The chance that two students picked at random at Community Montessori School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Community Montessori School counts 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.7 students for each one. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is lower than this school's figure. About 29% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Community Montessori School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Community Montessori School scores 56.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 49.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Boulder County show that median household income is 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%. Community Montessori School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County, which together enroll about 42,200 students.
Nearby, Southern Hills Middle School is about 0.6 miles away. Community Montessori School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Community Montessori School at 7th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 242 to 277. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.1:1 to 17.7:1.
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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 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 Community Montessori schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Community Montessori. Community Montessori School is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Community MontessoriEscondido, CA · 795 students
- Community Montessori SchoolJackson, TN · 665 students
- Community MontessoriNew Albany, IN · 487 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Hills Middle School0.6 mi · 502
- Summit Middle Charter School0.6 mi · 366
- Bear Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 318
- Creekside Elementary School at Martin Park0.6 mi · 359
- Fairview High School0.7 mi · 1,863
- Mesa Elementary School0.8 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Community Montessori SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Community Montessori School?
Community Montessori School enrolls approximately 277 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Community Montessori School serve?
Community Montessori School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Community Montessori School have?
Community Montessori School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
How diverse is Community Montessori School?
Community Montessori School reports a student body of 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Community Montessori School?
Community Montessori School is overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 in Boulder County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.