Enrollment
140
Elementary
DISTRICT 291 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STATE CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE·NCES 080002006701
Steamboat Montessori
27285 BRANDON CIRCLE, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO 80487 · (970) 879-6653 · Routt County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL140 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-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
12.9:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
17 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 37 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 5% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
63.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
55.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +13.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 up about 14 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.2% | 55.3% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 41.5% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Steamboat Montessori
Steamboat Montessori's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steamboat Montessori this school | 140 | 12.1% | 56.0% |
| King-Murphy Elementary School EVERGREEN | 151 | 17.2% | 50.4% |
| Fleming Elementary School FLEMING | 131 | 20.6% | 34.5% |
| Breckenridge Elementary School BRECKENRIDGE | 205 | 11.2% | 54.7% |
| Flatirons Elementary School BOULDER | 163 | 18.4% | 65.6% |
| Larkspur Elementary School LARKSPUR | 161 | 23.6% | 53.1% |
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 Steamboat Montessori ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Routt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #199 of 931 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #197 of 940 ▲ 167 | #2 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #163 of 946 ▼ 47 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 140 | #957 of 1,056 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.1% | #928 of 983 | #6 of 6 |
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
140
-21 (-13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 20.1:1
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 | 140 | 10.8 | 12.9:1 | 12% (17) |
| 2023-24 | 153 | 11.4 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 151 | 10.1 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 161 | 8 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 186 | 10.7 | 17.4:1 | 3% (6) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Steamboat Montessori.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (186 to 140); teachers up 1% (10.7 to 10.8).
About Steamboat Montessori
Steamboat Montessori is a very small elementary school with an address in STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colorado. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 140 students. The school is 63% below the average for elementary schools in Colorado.
State Charter School Institute operates 49 schools. Combined enrollment is 21,411 students.
White students account for 93% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 4% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 81%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 14, compared with 70 nationally.
Steamboat Montessori has 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1. At Steamboat Montessori, 12% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 21% average for public schools in Routt County.
Steamboat Montessori earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 61% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Steamboat Montessori's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (56.0%) and its predicted rate (59.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Routt County show that the median household earns about $106,489 a year, about 54% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. Routt County has 15 public schools with about 3,419 students, including Steamboat Montessori.
Measured in a straight line, Sleeping Giant School is about 0.5 miles from Steamboat Montessori. Other public schools within five miles: 6. Nearby schools with test data average 61.0% proficiency; Steamboat Montessori posts 56.0%.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote). It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
The school's student count fell 13% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.9:1, from 20.1:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Routt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,084
Census ACS
Median income
$106,489
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,419 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Steamboat MontessoriHow many students attend Steamboat Montessori?
Steamboat Montessori enrolls approximately 140 students in grades PK-06.
Is Steamboat Montessori an elementary, middle, or high school?
Steamboat Montessori is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Steamboat Montessori have?
Steamboat Montessori employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Steamboat Montessori?
Student demographics at Steamboat Montessori are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Steamboat Montessori public or private?
Steamboat Montessori is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by State Charter School Institute.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.