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What's the most underrated thing about Superior Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249001518
Superior Elementary School
1800 SOUTH INDIANA ST., SUPERIOR, CO 80027 · (720) 561-4100 · Boulder County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
18.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
32 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
83.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
81.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 81.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.6% | 81.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Superior Elementary School
Superior Elementary School's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Elementary School this school | 418 | 7.7% | 79.4% |
| Redstone Elementary School HIGHLANDS RANCH | 398 | 9.5% | 73.2% |
| Platte River Charter Academy HIGHLANDS RANCH | 475 | 4.0% | 73.5% |
| Lone Tree Elementary LONE TREE | 392 | 6.9% | 72.8% |
| Dennison Elementary School LAKEWOOD | 575 | 12.7% | 88.8% |
| Zach Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 492 | 15.9% | 84.4% |
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 Superior Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #16 of 931 | #3 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #13 of 940 no change | #3 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #15 of 946 ▲ 18 | #4 of 48 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #395 of 1,056 | #17 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #823 of 896 | #47 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #590 of 896 | #25 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.7% | #967 of 983 | #47 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #505 of 664 | #36 of 44 |
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
418
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 418 | 22.3 | 18.8:1 | 8% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 22.7 | 18.9:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 23.5 | 17.9:1 | 12% (49) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 25 | 16.7:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 22.9 | 19.9:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 20 | 24.3:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 31 | 19.6:1 | 1% (7) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Superior Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (457 to 418); teachers down 3% (22.9 to 22.3).
About Superior Elementary School
Superior Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Colorado, located in SUPERIOR. The school reports 418 students in kindergarten through 5.
Superior Elementary School falls under Boulder Valley School District No. Re2, which has 56 schools enrolling 27,988 students.
White students make up a majority at Superior Elementary School, at 73%. Smaller groups are 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Superior Elementary School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 18.8:1 comes from the school's 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 8% in 2024-25. That is 25 points below the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County.
allk12 grades Superior Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Superior Elementary School does better than predicted by 17.3 points. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 79.4%; the prediction is 62.1%.
In the county around the school, Boulder County, the median household income is $103,994, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Boulder County is home to 86 public schools and about 42,200 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Eldorado K-8 School is the closest, at about 1.2 miles. Superior Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 79.4% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 417 students in 2020-21 and 418 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 16.7 in 2020-21 to 18.8 in 2024-25.
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Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
Other Superior Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Superior Elementary. Superior Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- SUPERIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUPERIOR, NE · 214 students
- Superior ElementarySuperior, MT · 185 students
Nearby schools
- Eldorado K-8 School1.2 mi · 529
- Monarch K-8 School1.2 mi · 698
- Monarch High School1.2 mi · 1,431
- Fireside Elementary School2.2 mi · 431
- Louisville Elementary School2.7 mi · 449
- Coal Creek Elementary School3.1 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Superior Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Superior Elementary School?
Superior Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Superior Elementary School serve?
Superior Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Superior Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Superior Elementary School is approximately 18.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Superior Elementary School?
At Superior Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Superior Elementary School in?
Superior Elementary School is part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.