Upper Blue Elementary School

Set in BRECKENRIDGE, Colorado, Upper Blue Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school, run under Summit School District No. Re 1. It serves 221 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Upper Blue Elementary School sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Summit School District No. Re 1 comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,473 students; Upper Blue Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Upper Blue Elementary School shows that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 43% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 17% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Upper Blue Elementary School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Summit County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Upper Blue Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.2%; Upper Blue Elementary School posts 55.3%, +17.1 points above that line.

In the broader community, Summit County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,773 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Summit County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,473 students), Upper Blue Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Breckenridge Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Upper Blue Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Upper Blue Elementary School has edged down 25%, going from 295 students in 2018 to 221 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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