Elementary · Colorado

Soaring Heights PK-8

Free meals for all

Soaring Heights PK-8, a public elementary school in Erie, Colorado: grades pre-k–8, 1,211 students, 16.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.

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
1,211
Teachers (FTE)
72.3
Students per teacher
16.8
Grades
Pre-K–8
Elementary

More students per teacher than 74% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 72% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 100% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Larger than 99% 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%

61%proficient

−3.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 80% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

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

Math

Colorado: 36%

57%proficient

−1.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 81% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 35% · 964 elementary schools compared

725 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 Pre-K–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Rural area near a city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J.

Location

Address
3280 County Road 5, Erie, CO 80516
Phone
(303)702-8020
City or town
Erie

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Highlands Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–552817.367%68%
Erie Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
Pre-K–548617.367%68%
K–858115.349%50%
Red Hawk ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–558818.260%55%
Kenneth Homyak PK-8Free meals for all
Pre-K–831115.053%52%
Black Rock ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–559720.162%58%

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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