Frontier Valley Elementary School

Frontier Valley Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in PARKER, Colorado, run under Douglas County School District No. Re 1. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Frontier Valley Elementary School is one of 89 schools operated by Douglas County School District No. Re 1, a district that works with 61,550 students overall.

Demographically, Frontier Valley Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Douglas County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Frontier Valley Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Frontier Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.7%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of -5.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Douglas County) logs that median household earnings sit near $149,594, roughly 62% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Frontier Valley Elementary School is one of 92 public schools in Douglas County (combined enrollment of about 63,841 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cimarron Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Frontier Valley Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Frontier Valley Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 369). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.