Eldorado K-8 School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in SUPERIOR, Colorado, Eldorado K-8 School educates 529 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Eldorado K-8 School sits 40% larger than that benchmark.

Within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which oversees 56 schools and 27,988 students, Eldorado K-8 School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Eldorado K-8 School logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 15% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Boulder County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, Eldorado K-8 School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.6%, the actual is 69.9%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Boulder County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,994 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Boulder County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), of which Eldorado K-8 School is one.

Superior Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eldorado K-8 School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 56.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 40%: 880 students in 2018 compared to 529 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 7% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Eldorado K-8 School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.