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What's something Foothill Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000116
Foothill Elementary School
1001 HAWTHORNE AVENUE, BOULDER, CO 80304 · (720) 561-2600 · Boulder County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
53 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
40%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
77.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 77 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 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.2% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.8% | 67.1% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Foothill Elementary School
Foothill Elementary School's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill Elementary School this school | 419 | 12.6% | 71.6% |
| Steele Elementary School DENVER | 452 | 13.9% | 75.5% |
| Prairie Winds Elementary School MONUMENT | 374 | 11.5% | 59.2% |
| Roxborough Elementary School LITTLETON | 368 | 13.9% | N/A |
| Gold Camp Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 435 | 16.3% | 65.8% |
| Fireside Elementary School LOUISVILLE | 431 | 15.3% | 66.0% |
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 Foothill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #49 of 931 | #10 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #95 of 940 ▼ 36 | #15 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #33 of 946 ▼ 8 | #8 of 48 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #393 of 1,056 | #16 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #629 of 896 | #31 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #679 of 896 | #30 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #920 of 983 | #42 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #380 of 664 | #29 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
419
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 419 | 25.2 | 16.6:1 | 13% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 13% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | 25.6 | 17.1:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 27.1 | 18.3:1 | 9% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 12% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 31 | 18.2:1 | 22% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 20 | 21.6:1 | 2% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 24 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Foothill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (494 to 419); teachers down 7% (27.1 to 25.2).
About Foothill Elementary School
Among the schools in BOULDER, Colorado, is Foothill Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 419 students.
The district, Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, has 27,988 students enrolled across 56 schools.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Foothill Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That is in line with Boulder County, where about 78% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
Foothill Elementary School lists 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.6 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 13% of the student body. That is 20 points below the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Foothill Elementary School is 59.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.6%.
For the population of Boulder County, the median household earns about $103,994 a year, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Boulder County, 86 public schools serve about 42,200 students.
Measured in a straight line, Columbine Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Foothill Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 71.6% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 424 students in 2020-21 and 419 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to Foothill Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Foothill Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 2 states are named Foothill Elementary. Foothill Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Foothill ElementaryCorona, CA · 640 students
- Foothill ElementaryPrather, CA · 609 students
- Foothill ElementaryPittsburg, CA · 551 students
- Foothill ElementaryRiverside, CA · 451 students
- Foothill ElementarySanta Barbara, CA · 413 students
Nearby schools
- Columbine Elementary School0.8 mi · 369
- Casey Middle School0.9 mi · 363
- Centennial Middle School1.0 mi · 598
- Mapleton Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 68
- Crest View Elementary School1.2 mi · 390
- Whittier Elementary School1.2 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Foothill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Foothill Elementary School?
Foothill Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Foothill Elementary School serve?
Foothill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Foothill Elementary School have?
Foothill Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Foothill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Foothill Elementary School are roughly 76% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Foothill Elementary School public or private?
Foothill Elementary 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.