Enrollment
313
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000111
Douglass Elementary School
840 75TH STREET, BOULDER, CO 80303 · (720) 561-5541 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL313 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
44 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 | 31 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
34%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
69.9%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 down about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 70.9% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Douglass Elementary School
Douglass Elementary School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglass Elementary School this school | 313 | 14.1% | 66.5% |
| Greenwood Elementary School GREENWOOD VILLAGE | 355 | 16.1% | 61.8% |
| Creativity Challenge Community DENVER | 306 | 14.4% | 71.6% |
| Roxborough Elementary School LITTLETON | 368 | 13.9% | N/A |
| Northeast Elementary School PARKER | 329 | 15.8% | 64.2% |
| Franktown Elementary School FRANKTOWN | 354 | 11.3% | 63.2% |
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 Douglass Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #81 of 931 | #14 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #94 of 940 ▼ 57 | #14 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #84 of 946 ▲ 1 | #18 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 313 | #670 of 1,056 | #33 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #514 of 896 | #26 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #761 of 896 | #37 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #901 of 983 | #40 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.0% | #144 of 664 | #13 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
313
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 313 | 19.7 | 15.9:1 | 14% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 18.6 | 17.1:1 | 11% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 19.9 | 16.9:1 | 11% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 5% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 22.2 | 19.6:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 490 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 5% (21) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 2% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 393 | 18 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglass Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (435 to 313); teachers down 11% (22.2 to 19.7).
About Douglass Elementary School
Douglass Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in BOULDER, Colorado. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 313 students.
Douglass Elementary School belongs to Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, a district of 56 schools and 27,988 students.
Of every 100 students at Douglass Elementary School, about 81 are White. After that, the student body is 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put Boulder County at about 78% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Douglass Elementary School, there are about 15.9 students; the school has 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 14%. For comparison, public schools in Boulder County average 33%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.2% for Douglass Elementary School. The school posts 66.5%, 8.3 points above the prediction.
In Boulder County, median household income comes to about $103,994, roughly 64% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 86, with about 42,200 students.
The closest school to Douglass Elementary School is Arapahoe Ridge High School, located about 1.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 66.5% is above the 60.3% average for nearby schools.
Douglass Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Enrollment went from 318 in 2020-21 to 313 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students.
This page is set up for the Douglass Elementary School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Douglass Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Douglass Elementary. Douglass Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Douglass Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 451 students
- Douglass ElementaryEden, NC · 349 students
- Douglass ElemKansas City, KS · 285 students
- Douglass Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 169 students
Nearby schools
- Arapahoe Ridge High School1.4 mi · 184
- Boulder Universal1.4 mi · 231
- Coal Creek Elementary School1.7 mi · 313
- Nevin Platt Middle School1.7 mi · 483
- Fireside Elementary School2.5 mi · 431
- Louisville Middle School2.6 mi · 626
Frequently asked questions
About Douglass Elementary SchoolHow large is Douglass Elementary School?
Douglass Elementary School enrolls approximately 313 students in grades PK-05.
Is Douglass Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Douglass Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglass Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglass Elementary School is approximately 15.9:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Douglass Elementary School?
Student demographics at Douglass Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Douglass Elementary School?
Douglass Elementary School is overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 in Boulder County.
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