Longs Peak Middle School

Located at 1500 14TH AVENUE, in LONGMONT, Colorado, Longs Peak Middle School is a cozy 6-8 campus that teaches 381 students (grades 5 through 8), part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.

Within St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, which oversees 54 schools and 31,607 students, Longs Peak Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Longs Peak Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% White. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at Longs Peak Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Boulder County (around 33%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Longs Peak Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 18.0%, the actual is 17.8%, a residual of -0.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Boulder County) reports that 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. Longs Peak Middle School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students).

The closest other public school is Mountain View Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Longs Peak Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 37.0%.

Longs Peak Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 381 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Longs Peak Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.