Enrollment
252
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000118
Heatherwood Elementary School
7750 CONCORD DRIVE, BOULDER, CO 80301 · (720) 561-5586 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
47 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 | 18 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
39%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
61.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 61.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 66.7% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Heatherwood Elementary School
Heatherwood Elementary School's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heatherwood Elementary School this school | 252 | 18.7% | 64.8% |
| Coal Creek Elementary School LOUISVILLE | 313 | 18.5% | 61.1% |
| Normandy Elementary School LITTLETON | 262 | 18.3% | 57.6% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School BOULDER | 308 | 22.4% | 77.1% |
| Mesa Elementary School BOULDER | 250 | 13.6% | 70.1% |
| Copper Mesa Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 306 | 11.1% | 61.8% |
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 Heatherwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #101 of 931 | #18 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #121 of 940 ▼ 59 | #18 of 48 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #152 of 946 ▼ 66 | #23 of 48 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #824 of 1,056 | #43 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #350 of 896 | #15 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.9% | #699 of 896 | #31 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.7% | #843 of 983 | #31 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #118 of 664 | #8 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
252
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 19% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 255 | 17.5 | 14.6:1 | 15% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 17.7 | 14.8:1 | 16% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 17 | 14.4:1 | 15% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 20.4 | 17.5:1 | 11% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 18 | 21.9:1 | 15% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 10% (38) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 6% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 23 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heatherwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (357 to 252); teachers down 17% (20.4 to 17).
About Heatherwood Elementary School
Heatherwood Elementary School is an elementary school in BOULDER, Colorado, and it is part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. The school counted 252 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. That is 34% below the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
The district for Heatherwood Elementary School is Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, with 56 schools and 27,988 students.
More than half of enrollment at Heatherwood Elementary School is White: 77%. Next come 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Boulder County overall, the White share is about 78%. The diversity index for Heatherwood Elementary School is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Heatherwood Elementary School is 14.8:1, based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Lunch program data show 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 33% for public schools in Boulder County.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Heatherwood Elementary School's results are 9.3 points above predicted: 64.8% against 55.4%.
Census data for Boulder County show median household income comes to about $103,994, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 86 public schools in the county, enrolling about 42,200, Heatherwood Elementary School among them.
Heatherwood Elementary School is about 1.7 miles from Boulder Prep Charter High School, its nearest public school. Heatherwood Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Heatherwood Elementary School's average proficiency of 64.8% compares with 65.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Heatherwood Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 245 (2020-21) to 252 (2024-25).
Heatherwood Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Nearby schools
- Boulder Prep Charter High School1.7 mi · 114
- Niwot Elementary School3.2 mi · 411
- Boulder Universal3.3 mi · 231
- Arapahoe Ridge High School3.3 mi · 184
- Niwot High School3.5 mi · 1,509
- Douglass Elementary School3.8 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Heatherwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Heatherwood Elementary School?
Heatherwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 252 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Heatherwood Elementary School serve?
Heatherwood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Heatherwood Elementary School have?
Heatherwood Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is Heatherwood Elementary School?
Heatherwood Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 0% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Heatherwood Elementary School?
Heatherwood Elementary School is overseen by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 in Boulder County.
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