Lyons Elementary School

Lyons Elementary School is an elementary-level community of compact scale in LYONS, Colorado, run under St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, enrolling 255 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% below the state mean of about 379.

Lyons Elementary School is one of 54 schools operated by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, a district that hosts 31,607 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lyons Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Lyons Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at Lyons Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Boulder County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lyons Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.8%; this one delivers 75.9%, a residual of +21.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Boulder County indicate 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. Across Boulder County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students), Lyons Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lyons Middle/Senior High School, around 0.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lyons Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 58.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 337 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 90% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.