Ryan Elementary School

Located at 1405 CENTAUR VILLAGE DRIVE, in LAFAYETTE, Colorado, Ryan Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school that enrolls 436 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.

Across the 56 schools in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 (27,988 students total), Ryan Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Ryan Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Boulder County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Ryan Elementary School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ryan Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of +0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Boulder County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,994 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Ryan Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County (combined enrollment of about 42,200 students).

Nearest neighbor: Centaurus High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Ryan Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 501 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 69% to 62%.

On this page, members of the Ryan Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.