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Enrollment
525
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADAMS 12 FIVE STAR SCHOOLS·NCES 080690001733
Meridian Elementary School
14256 MCKAY PARK CIRCLE, BROOMFIELD, CO 80020 · (720) 972-7880 · Broomfield County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
120 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
67.8%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
66.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.8% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 69.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Meridian Elementary School
Meridian Elementary School's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meridian Elementary School this school | 525 | 22.9% | 69.6% |
| Silver Creek Elementary THORNTON | 538 | 19.7% | 57.4% |
| Littleton Prep Charter School LITTLETON | 498 | 27.1% | 49.2% |
| Iron Horse Elementary School PARKER | 430 | 22.8% | 55.7% |
| Pioneer Elementary School PARKER | 449 | 27.6% | 55.5% |
| Arrowwood Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 390 | 22.3% | 50.4% |
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 Meridian Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Broomfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #59 of 931 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #83 of 940 ▼ 35 | #3 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #112 of 946 ▼ 50 | #3 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #200 of 1,056 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #721 of 896 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #334 of 896 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #790 of 983 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #79 of 664 | #3 of 8 |
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
525
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 525 | 30 | 17.5:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 21% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 30 | 18.0:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 37.3 | 21.0:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 38 | 20.3:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 32 | 20.4:1 | 4% (23) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meridian Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (783 to 525); teachers down 20% (37.3 to 30).
About Meridian Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in BROOMFIELD, Colorado, Meridian Elementary School is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools. A federal count lists 525 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 39% above that.
The district for Meridian Elementary School is Adams 12 Five Star Schools, with 54 schools and 34,466 students.
Meridian Elementary School is 64% White by enrollment. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% Asian. By comparison, Broomfield County residents are about 76% White. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Meridian Elementary School is 30 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 17.5:1. That is higher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school counts 120 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 23%. That tracks the 24% average for public schools in Broomfield County.
Meridian Elementary School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Meridian Elementary School would score about 52.9%. It scores 69.6%, a top-10% result among Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Broomfield County, the median household income is $123,874, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Broomfield County is home to 16 public schools and about 11,844 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Legacy High School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Meridian Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Meridian Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Meridian Elementary School's location as City: Small.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 531 in 2020-21, 525 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.5 students per teacher, compared with 19.0 in 2020-21.
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Broomfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,304
Census ACS
Median income
$123,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
11,844 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Adams 12 Five Star Schools
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,966 students
- Northglenn High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Mountain Range High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Stargate Charter SchoolCombined · 1,572 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
Other schools in BROOMFIELD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,052 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Prospect Ridge AcademyCombined · 1,478 students
- Westlake Middle SchoolMiddle · 853 students
- Aspen Creek K-8 SchoolElementary · 844 students
- Jefferson Academy ElementaryElementary · 737 students
Other Meridian Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 8 states are named Meridian Elementary. Meridian Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 11.
- Meridian ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 570 students
- Meridian Elementary SchoolSANFORD, MI · 537 students
- MERIDIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 468 students
- Meridian Elementary SchoolBlue Mound, IL · 460 students
- Meridian Elementary SchoolKent, WA · 390 students
Nearby schools
- Legacy High School0.8 mi · 2,052
- Westlake Middle School0.9 mi · 853
- Coyote Ridge Elementary School1.4 mi · 392
- Centennial Elementary School1.4 mi · 293
- Arapahoe Ridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 465
- Aspen Creek K-8 School1.9 mi · 844
Frequently asked questions
About Meridian Elementary SchoolHow large is Meridian Elementary School?
Meridian Elementary School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Meridian Elementary School serve?
Meridian Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Meridian Elementary School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Meridian Elementary School.
How diverse is Meridian Elementary School?
Meridian Elementary School reports a student body of 64% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Meridian Elementary School in?
Meridian Elementary School is part of Adams 12 Five Star Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.