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Alumni: what's one memory from Eldorado K-8 School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
529
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249001771
Eldorado K-8 School
3351 SOUTH INDIANA STREET, SUPERIOR, CO 80027 · (720) 561-4400 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL529 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- ABeats 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
16.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
80 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 102 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 70% smaller than its 8th grade class (102).
Student demographics
44%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
73.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 73 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 are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.4% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 75.5% | 69.4% |
% 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
69.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 Eldorado K-8 School
Eldorado K-8 School's state test result (69.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eldorado K-8 School this school | 529 | 15.1% | 69.9% |
| Discovery Canyon Campus Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 547 | 12.4% | 61.3% |
| Highlands Elementary School ERIE | 528 | 15.3% | 65.0% |
| Buffalo Ridge Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 524 | 13.2% | 67.8% |
| Prairie Crossing Elementary School PARKER | 612 | 16.3% | 64.1% |
| Littleton Academy LITTLETON | 455 | 10.8% | 69.5% |
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 Eldorado K-8 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #56 of 931 | #13 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #96 of 940 ▼ 49 | #16 of 48 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #58 of 946 ▼ 18 | #11 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 529 | #189 of 1,056 | #7 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #620 of 896 | #30 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #592 of 896 | #26 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #894 of 983 | #39 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.9% | #29 of 664 | #2 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
529
-161 (-23%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 529 | 32 | 16.6:1 | 15% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 33.7 | 16.6:1 | 14% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 12% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 38 | 18.2:1 | 7% (47) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 46 | 19.1:1 | 6% (51) |
| 2015-16 | 957 | 48 | 19.9:1 | 6% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 987 | 52 | 19.0:1 | 7% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 2% (11) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eldorado K-8 School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (880 to 529); teachers down 31% (46 to 32).
About Eldorado K-8 School
Eldorado K-8 School is a mid-sized elementary school in SUPERIOR, Colorado. The school offers pre-K through 8 and enrolls 529 students. That puts enrollment 40% larger than the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado.
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 is the local district for Eldorado K-8 School. It runs 56 schools with 27,988 students.
More than half of the students at Eldorado K-8 School are White (74%). The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Eldorado K-8 School scores 44%.
Its ratio of 16.6:1 is based on 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 15%. The rate at public schools in Boulder County averages 33%, higher than here.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Eldorado K-8 School outscored 93%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Eldorado K-8 School is 57.6%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.9%.
Census data for Boulder County show median household income comes to about $103,994, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 86 public schools in the county, enrolling about 42,200, Eldorado K-8 School among them.
Superior Elementary School sits about 1.2 miles from Eldorado K-8 School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Eldorado K-8 School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 690 to 529, a 23% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.6:1) than in 2020-21 (18.2:1).
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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
Nearby schools
- Superior Elementary School1.2 mi · 418
- Monarch K-8 School2.3 mi · 698
- Monarch High School2.3 mi · 1,431
- Fireside Elementary School3.3 mi · 431
- Louisville Elementary School3.9 mi · 449
- Wayne Carle Middle School4.0 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About Eldorado K-8 SchoolHow large is Eldorado K-8 School?
Eldorado K-8 School enrolls approximately 529 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does Eldorado K-8 School serve?
Eldorado K-8 School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Eldorado K-8 School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Eldorado K-8 School.
How diverse is Eldorado K-8 School?
Eldorado K-8 School reports a student body of 74% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Eldorado K-8 School public or private?
Eldorado K-8 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.