High Peaks Elementary School

High Peaks Elementary School is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in BOULDER, Colorado, part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, with 257 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% smaller than the state mean of about 379.

Within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which oversees 56 schools and 27,988 students, High Peaks Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, High Peaks Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Asian, 18% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Boulder County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, High Peaks Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 60.8%; actual is 89.8%, +28.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Boulder County indicate median household income runs about $103,994, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. High Peaks Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students).

Nearest neighbor: Boulder Community School/Integrated Studies, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, High Peaks Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 64.7%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 311 students in 2018 compared to 257 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 69% to 48%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.