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Alumni: what's one memory from Louisville Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
449
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000124
Louisville Elementary School
400 HUTCHINSON STREET, LOUISVILLE, CO 80027 · (720) 561-7200 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL449 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
106 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 32 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
71.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
59.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 59.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.4% | 60.3% |
% 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Louisville Elementary School
Louisville Elementary School's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville Elementary School this school | 449 | 23.6% | 63.4% |
| Excel Academy Charter School ARVADA | 445 | 24.5% | 47.9% |
| Rock Ridge Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 449 | 22.7% | 37.9% |
| Flagstone Elementary School CASTLE ROCK | 496 | 21.2% | 58.4% |
| Free Horizon Montessori GOLDEN | 382 | 24.1% | 38.5% |
| Rockrimmon Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 390 | 23.6% | 62.2% |
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 Louisville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #118 of 931 | #20 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #151 of 940 ▼ 35 | #22 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #74 of 946 ▼ 5 | #15 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 449 | #323 of 1,056 | #11 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #772 of 896 | #42 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #705 of 896 | #32 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.6% | #776 of 983 | #26 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #312 of 664 | #24 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
449
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 449 | 24.9 | 18.1:1 | 24% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 24.8 | 17.7:1 | 19% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 25.1 | 17.9:1 | 20% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 19% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 30.8 | 17.9:1 | 12% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 582 | 29 | 20.1:1 | 15% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 14% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 10% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 26 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louisville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (551 to 449); teachers down 19% (30.8 to 24.9).
About Louisville Elementary School
In LOUISVILLE, Colorado, Louisville Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 449 students in pre-K through 5.
In Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, 56 schools enroll a combined 27,988 students.
At Louisville Elementary School, 76% of students are White. It is also 17% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Boulder County at about 78% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Louisville Elementary School scores 39%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.1:1. The school has 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. In all, 24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 9 points below the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County.
On the allk12 Grade, Louisville Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 89% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Louisville Elementary School would be expected to post about 52.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.4%.
In Boulder County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $103,994, about 64% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 86 public schools and about 42,200 students.
Louisville Middle School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Louisville Elementary School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Louisville Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Small in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 453 to 449, a small change.
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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 LOUISVILLE
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
- Monarch K-8 SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Louisville Middle SchoolMiddle · 626 students
- Fireside Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Coal Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Other Louisville Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Louisville Elementary. Louisville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Louisville Elementary SchoolLouisville, OH · 1,001 students
- LOUISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLOUISVILLE, NE · 374 students
- Louisville ElementaryLOUISVILLE, MS · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Louisville Middle School0.7 mi · 626
- Fireside Elementary School1.1 mi · 431
- Coal Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 313
- Ryan Elementary School1.5 mi · 436
- Centaurus High School1.6 mi · 1,557
- Monarch High School1.6 mi · 1,431
Frequently asked questions
About Louisville Elementary SchoolHow large is Louisville Elementary School?
Louisville Elementary School enrolls approximately 449 students in grades PK-05.
Is Louisville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Louisville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Louisville Elementary School have?
Louisville Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Louisville Elementary School?
At Louisville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 76% White, 17% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Louisville Elementary School in?
Louisville Elementary School is part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.