Elementary · Colorado

Foothill Elementary School

Foothill Elementary School, a public elementary school in Boulder, Colorado: grades k–5, 419 students, 16.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
419
Teachers (FTE)
25.2
Students per teacher
16.6
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 61% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Larger than 51% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

77%proficient

−1.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 96% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

197 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

65%proficient

−2.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 90% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared

200 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.

Location

Address
1001 Hawthorne Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304
Phone
(720)561-2600
City or town
Boulder

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Columbine Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–536914.935%28%
K–539015.756%46%
Whittier Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–526913.243%33%
Flatirons Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–516313.974%69%
Pre-K–540515.751%41%
K–525716.395%93%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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