Nederland Elementary School

Located at 1 SUNDOWN TRAIL, in NEDERLAND, Colorado, Nederland Elementary School is a small elementary-level community that educates 196 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Nederland Elementary School is one of 56 schools operated by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, a district that enrolls 27,988 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nederland Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Boulder County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at Nederland Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Nederland Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.6%; actual is 59.8%, +13.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Boulder County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,994 per year, 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Nederland Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students).

The closest other public school is Nederland Middle-Senior High School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nederland Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Nederland Elementary School has decreased 30%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025.

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