Enrollment
317
Elementary
DISTRICT 284 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WELD COUNTY REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080420000578
Platteville Elementary School
1202 MAIN STREET, PLATTEVILLE, CO 80651 · (970) 350-4201 · Weld County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL317 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
207 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 36 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
22.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -13.3pp since 2023
Math
14.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.5% | 14.4% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 25.2% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Platteville Elementary School
Platteville Elementary School's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platteville Elementary School this school | 317 | 65.3% | 23.8% |
| South Mesa Elementary School PUEBLO | 323 | 65.3% | 33.9% |
| Lake County Intermediate School LEADVILLE | 259 | 66.8% | 16.6% |
| Linton Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 307 | 67.4% | 27.8% |
| Hudson Elementary School HUDSON | 303 | 65.0% | 29.7% |
| Kenneth P Morris Elementary School YUMA | 310 | 64.5% | 28.7% |
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 Platteville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Weld County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #701 of 931 | #36 of 53 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #816 of 940 ▼ 208 | #48 of 55 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #783 of 946 ▼ 220 | #40 of 55 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 317 | #659 of 1,056 | #51 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #200 of 896 | #3 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #458 of 896 | #26 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #317 of 983 | #18 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #228 of 664 | #8 of 30 |
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
317
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 317 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 65% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 28.5 | 11.3:1 | 64% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 49% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 341 | 26 | 13.1:1 | 53% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 25.3 | 16.2:1 | 49% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 58% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 53% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 38% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 16 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Platteville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (410 to 317); teachers down 9% (25.3 to 23).
About Platteville Elementary School
Platteville Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in PLATTEVILLE, Colorado. Its 317 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 6 schools in Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1 totals 1,727 students.
At 62%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Platteville Elementary School combined. Other students are 35% White. By comparison, Weld County residents are about 31% Hispanic. Platteville Elementary School has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 23 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 65%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Weld County.
Platteville Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Platteville Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Colorado is predicted to score 27.1%. Platteville Elementary School scores 23.8%, 3.3 points below that line.
Among Weld County residents, median household income is about $97,097, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 116 public schools in Weld County, with a combined enrollment of about 61,274.
South Valley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Platteville Elementary School at 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, Platteville Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 317, 7% below the 341 of 2020-21.
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Weld County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
350,396
Census ACS
Median income
$97,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
116
61,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1
- Valley High SchoolHigh · 483 students
- Pete Mirich Elementary SchoolElementary · 358 students
- North Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 248 students
- Gilcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 178 students
- South Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 143 students
Nearby schools
- South Valley Middle School0.2 mi · 143
- Valley High School5.9 mi · 483
- Gilcrest Elementary School6.0 mi · 178
- Prairie Ridge Elementary School6.8 mi · 387
- Coal Ridge Middle School6.9 mi · 727
- Firestone Charter Academy7.2 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Platteville Elementary SchoolHow large is Platteville Elementary School?
Platteville Elementary School enrolls approximately 317 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Platteville Elementary School serve?
Platteville Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Platteville Elementary School?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Platteville Elementary School.
How diverse is Platteville Elementary School?
Platteville Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 62% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Platteville Elementary School in?
Platteville Elementary School is part of Weld County Reorganized School District No. Re-1.
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