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Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School
- B+Test 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.7% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 45.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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%.
Schools most like Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School
Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School this school | 439 | 46.2% | 48.9% |
| Valdez Elementary School DENVER | 423 | 49.9% | 62.6% |
| Graham Mesa Elementary School RIFLE | 424 | 46.7% | 25.1% |
| Columbine Elementary School FORT MORGAN | 421 | 50.8% | 28.8% |
| Foster Dual Language PK-8 ARVADA | 454 | 50.2% | 28.3% |
| Basalt Elementary School BASALT | 539 | 46.2% | 40.4% |
Where Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #313 of 931 | #31 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #412 of 940 ▼ 105 | #35 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #263 of 946 ▲ 18 | #29 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 439 | #348 of 1,056 | #12 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #553 of 896 | #27 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #564 of 896 | #22 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #516 of 983 | #13 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #446 of 664 | #33 of 44 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 439 | 27.2 | 16.1:1 | 46% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 30.2 | 16.1:1 | 45% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 461 | 31.2 | 14.8:1 | 43% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 42% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 41% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 47% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 42% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 19 | 15.3:1 | 72% (210) |
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (498 to 439); teachers down 17% (33 to 27.2).
About Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School
Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School, located in LAFAYETTE, Colorado, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 439 students.
Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School is run by Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, whose 56 schools enroll 27,988 students.
At Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School, 68% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 29% White. That is higher than the 15% Hispanic share among all Boulder County residents. The diversity index for Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School has a ratio of 16.1:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Income data for the school show 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Colorado public elementary schools.
In Colorado, Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.9% actual against a predicted 38.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Boulder County show that the median household earns about $103,994 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 64%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Boulder County has 86 public schools with about 42,200 students, including Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School.
The closest school to Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School is Lafayette Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 439, compared with 478 in 2020-21.
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