Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE 1·NCES 080345001897
Copper Mesa Elementary School
3501 POSTON PARKWAY, HIGHLANDS RANCH, CO 80126 · (303) 387-7375 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest 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
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
34 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 30 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 44% smaller than its 6th grade class (50).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
60.1%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
62.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.1% | 62.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.7% | 58.6% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Copper Mesa Elementary School
Copper Mesa Elementary School's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mesa Elementary School this school | 306 | 11.1% | 61.8% |
| Summit View Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 350 | 10.0% | 67.7% |
| Homestead Elementary School CENTENNIAL | 334 | 12.9% | 68.3% |
| Cheyenne Mountain Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 324 | 10.2% | 69.0% |
| Saddle Ranch Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 355 | 10.1% | 64.2% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School BOULDER | 318 | 7.5% | 86.6% |
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 Copper Mesa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #132 of 931 | #27 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #116 of 940 ▲ 17 | #23 of 58 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #212 of 946 ▼ 17 | #37 of 58 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #699 of 1,056 | #58 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #298 of 896 | #12 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #583 of 896 | #39 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.1% | #938 of 983 | #40 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.8% | #28 of 664 | #2 of 45 |
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
306
-60 (-16%) vs 2020
-54% since 2010-11, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 306 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 11% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 20.7 | 15.4:1 | 7% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 23 | 15.9:1 | 4% (14) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 27.5 | 18.8:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 30 | 19.9:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 29 | 23.0:1 | 2% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Copper Mesa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (517 to 306); teachers down 24% (27.5 to 21).
About Copper Mesa Elementary School
Located in HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colorado, Copper Mesa Elementary School is a small elementary school. It teaches 306 students in pre-K through 6.
Copper Mesa Elementary School is part of a district of 89 schools: Douglas County School District No. Re 1, with 61,550 students.
Federal enrollment data show Copper Mesa Elementary School is 73% White. Next come 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 44%.
Copper Mesa Elementary School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.6 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. About 11% of students at Copper Mesa Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Copper Mesa Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 73% of Colorado public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Copper Mesa Elementary School is 1.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 61.8%. Predicted: 60.0%.
Douglas County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $149,594, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 62%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 92 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,841, Copper Mesa Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Mountain Ridge Middle School, is the closest to Copper Mesa Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 62.4% proficiency; Copper Mesa Elementary School posts 61.8%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment fell 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
377,150
Census ACS
Median income
$149,594
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
62%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
63,841 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County School District No. Re 1
- American AcademyElementary · 2,803 students
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Legend High SchoolHigh · 2,206 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,007 students
- Castle View High SchoolHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in HIGHLANDS RANCH
- Rock Canyon High SchoolHigh · 2,325 students
- Mountain Vista High SchoolHigh · 2,169 students
- Thunderridge High SchoolHigh · 1,820 students
- STEM School Highlands RanchCombined · 1,394 students
- Skyview AcademyCombined · 1,358 students
- Highlands Ranch High SchoolHigh · 1,323 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Ridge Middle School0.8 mi · 752
- Heritage Elementary School0.8 mi · 377
- Arrowwood Elementary School0.9 mi · 390
- Mountain Vista High School1.0 mi · 2,169
- Summit View Elementary School1.1 mi · 350
- Rock Canyon High School1.4 mi · 2,325
Frequently asked questions
About Copper Mesa Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Copper Mesa Elementary School?
Copper Mesa Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades PK-06.
Is Copper Mesa Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Copper Mesa Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Copper Mesa Elementary School have?
Copper Mesa Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Copper Mesa Elementary School?
At Copper Mesa Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Copper Mesa Elementary School public or private?
Copper Mesa Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County School District No. Re 1.
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