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Aspen Ridge Preparatory School

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Aspen Ridge Preparatory School ranks 362 nd of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

362^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 946 Colorado Elementary Schools

Better than 62% of Colorado elementary schools

Summary

Aspen Ridge Preparatory School is a K-8 public school in Erie, Colorado, serving 581 students in the St. Vrain Valley School District, a 4-star district ranked 23rd of 115 in Colorado. The school holds a 3-star rating and ranks in the 62nd percentile statewide, making it a mid-tier school in a neighborhood of high performers. Despite a lower poverty rate (10.8% free/reduced lunch) and better student-teacher ratio (15.2:1) than most nearby schools, Aspen Ridge trails every same-district elementary school within a few miles on state tests. Erie Elementary School ranks in the 94th percentile, while Black Rock Elementary and Red Hawk Elementary both rank in the 84th percentile — well above Aspen Ridge's 50.4% ELA and 48.5% math proficiency.

Academically, the strongest results come from the early grades. Third graders post 68.3% ELA and 65.6% math proficiency, both well above district averages. But scores slip in 4th grade and are especially weak in 6th and 7th grades, when only 39.1% of 7th graders are proficient in ELA versus a district average of 53.6%. Among nearby K-8 peers — Soaring Heights Pk-8, Thunder Vista P-8, and Meadowlark School — Aspen Ridge is the lowest-ranked, with 7th-grade ELA proficiency differences ranging from roughly 18 to 40 points. Science scores are also highly inconsistent: 5th-grade science fell to 24.1% proficiency in 2025-2026, about 20 points below the district average, after a much stronger 47.8% the prior year.

Subgroup data raises additional questions. Female students rank near the school's overall percentile, but white students rank in the 29th percentile statewide and gifted/talented students rank in the 3rd percentile, suggesting advanced learners may not be adequately challenged. Attendance is a strength, with a 13.3% chronic absenteeism rate well below the district (23.1%) and state (28.4%) averages, though it trails Highlands Elementary School (7.2%) and Meadowlark School (5.2%). Overall, Aspen Ridge's early elementary program and attendance are clear positives, but families considering the school for middle school should weigh its weaker performance against other options in the area.

581

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,299

Per pupil spending ?

10.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

705 Austin Avenue
Erie, CO 80516-2424

(720) 242-6225

District: St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J

Racial breakdown:

White:

80.6%

Hispanic:

8.1%

Two or more races:

5.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 80th percentile in 2016 → 62nd in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Colorado average (47% vs 40% meeting standards)

✓Above the Colorado median (62nd percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 18 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school47%

District avg48%

Colorado avg40%

Elementary school

362^nd of 946

Colorado public elementary schools ?

Top 38%▼ down 18 pts since 2016

From top 20% (2016) to top 38% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

162^nd of 476

Colorado public middle schools ?

Top 34%▲ up 3 pts since 2019

From top 37% (2019) to top 34% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

17^th of 32Elementary Schools in the St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J

23^rd of 114St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J among Colorado districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	59.5	362 of 946	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2025	57.8	385 of 950	59.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.4	463 of 943	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	61.7	331 of 933	64.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.4	294 of 921	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	70.0	224 of 710	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.2	486 of 965	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.0	433 of 917	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	49.5	423 of 929	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2016	75.7	183 of 914	80.0%	★★★★☆
2015	81.5	148 of 938	84.2%	★★★★☆
2014	86.4	97 of 962	89.9%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	58.7	269 of 695	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2025	50.0	314 of 694	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.2	362 of 684	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.3	302 of 642	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.5	198 of 595	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	55.4	193 of 351	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.6	445 of 758	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	44.8	355 of 690	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2025	5.0	116 of 119	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	46.3	353 of 697	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	49.1	338 of 700	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.0	389 of 683	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.7	271 of 649	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.2	233 of 594	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	72.3	114 of 352	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	37.2	453 of 764	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.8	327 of 693	52.8%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	34.1	386 of 547	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.6	468 of 551	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	497 of 539	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	31.8	379 of 525	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	40.6	295 of 454	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.7	189 of 288	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.6	486 of 596	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	59.8	162 of 476	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	73.4	108 of 469	77.0%	★★★★☆
2024	54.1	190 of 485	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	72.4	110 of 480	77.1%	★★★★☆
2022	67.6	117 of 448	73.9%	★★★★☆
2021	49.8	161 of 369	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.3	170 of 458	62.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	63.5	120 of 368	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	72.6	81 of 347	76.7%	★★★★☆
2024	53.7	139 of 350	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	69.1	99 of 363	72.7%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	46.0	171 of 372	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2025	63.6	110 of 352	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.5	116 of 357	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.8	96 of 356	73.0%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Colorado percentile	Rating
2026	26.4	198 of 278	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	40.8	163 of 275	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.5	109 of 286	61.9%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Female (2026)61st percentile~ school

Male (2026)49th percentile-12 vs school

White (2026)29th percentile-32 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)3rd percentile-57 vs school

Middle school

Female (2026)67th percentile~ school

Male (2026)54th percentile-12 vs school

White (2026)29th percentile-37 vs school

By subject vs Colorado (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts50%+6 vs state

Math48%+11 vs state

Science30%-6 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Monday, April 20, 2020

Overall, this is an excellent school. Few disappointments-- until 8th grade science began a climate change/indoctrination section with no opposing points of view, and void of sound scientific method/analysis Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Academically strong, but very few extracurricular activities. Kindergarten has 24 students in each class with NO assistants to help. Overall student-to-teacher ratio is much higher than what this site shows. High staff turnover each year. Can't hire a principal. School board and CEO have a "deal with it or take your kid elsewhere" attitude. Lacking facilities. Always having financial problems and use their charter status to justify the chaos that is constantly swirling at the school. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)							CMAS Math (2026)							CMAS Science (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Aspen Ridge Preparatory School	Public, Charter	K-8	705 Austin Avenue	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	Yes	No	No	No	(720) 242-6225	581	38	15.2	10.8%	468 (80.6%)	5 (0.9%)	47 (8.1%)	28 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.5%)	59.5	362^nd of 946 public elementary schools	61.7%		57.8	385^th of 950 public elementary schools	59.5%	23	68.3	42.9	52.5	38.3	39.1	65.4	50.4	65.6	46.4	46.8	37.7	42.4	53.7	48.5	24.1	35.8	$13,299
Red Hawk Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1500 Telleen Ave.	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 774-2700	588	32	18.1	12.6%	469 (79.8%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (7.7%)	37 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (6.0%)	83.1	151^st of 946 public elementary schools	84.0%		74.7	229^th of 950 public elementary schools	75.9%	78	63.5	67.3	64.6				65.2	69.8	61.2	56.6				62.2	49.5		$17,291
Erie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4137 E County Line Rd.	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 828-3395	486	28	17.2	17.5%	335 (68.9%)	3 (0.6%)	84 (17.3%)	37 (7.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (5.1%)	92.1	55^th of 946 public elementary schools	94.2%		88.4	91^st of 950 public elementary schools	90.4%	36	63.0	74.6	78.3				72.7	70.9	69.0	67.6				69.0	68.1		$18,412
Highlands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	475 Highlands Circle	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 776-6200	528	31	17.3	15.3%	350 (66.3%)	7 (1.3%)	84 (15.9%)	40 (7.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	44 (8.3%)	88.7	83^rd of 946 public elementary schools	91.2%		88.2	96^th of 950 public elementary schools	89.9%	13	67.1	71.9	68.7				69.5	62.5	66.7	62.7				64.2	64.6		$18,103
Meadowlark School	Public	PK, KG-8	2300 Sweet Meadow Lane	Erie	80516	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-5104	747	40	18.7	10.3%	503 (67.3%)	16 (2.1%)	76 (10.2%)	73 (9.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	77 (10.3%)	80.1	174^th of 946 public elementary schools	81.6%		86.9	110^th of 950 public elementary schools	88.4%	64	55.4	68.8	69.1	62.0	76.4	75.0	67.6	48.6	48.8	61.8	63.3	64.4	64.7	58.4	51.5	65.7	$19,194
Soaring Heights Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3280 County Road 5	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 702-8020	1,211	72	16.7	12.6%	891 (73.6%)	10 (0.8%)	178 (14.7%)	65 (5.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (5.4%)	85.3	131^st of 946 public elementary schools	86.2%		80	172^nd of 950 public elementary schools	81.9%	41	65.2	64.7	68.6	57.9	57.8	57.6	61.6	76.3	58.5	61.5	54.0	51.6	66.4	61.1	59.4	45.0	$17,217
Black Rock Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 Mountain View Blvd	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(720) 890-3995	597	30	20.0	19.3%	394 (66.0%)	7 (1.2%)	95 (15.9%)	63 (10.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.4%)	82.8	155^th of 946 public elementary schools	83.6%		80.8	168^th of 950 public elementary schools	82.3%	13	47.4	78.0	73.3				67.7	46.1	62.0	64.4				58.3	64.0		$17,381
Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	101 E. Baseline Road	Lafayette	80026	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 561-7800	439	27	16.1	46.2%	127 (28.9%)	3 (0.7%)	300 (68.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	60	357^th of 946 public elementary schools	62.3%		58.8	372^nd of 950 public elementary schools	60.8%	15	56.3	61.9	55.2				57.6	29.3	46.6	48.2				41.3	41.1		$21,924
Thunder Vista P-8	Public	PK, KG-8	3461 Preble Creek Parkway	Broomfield	80023	Broomfield County	Adams 12 Five Star Schools	No	No	No	No	(720) 972-2900	725	44	16.4	10.1%	511 (70.5%)	5 (0.7%)	108 (14.9%)	57 (7.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	41 (5.7%)	85.4	129^th of 946 public elementary schools	86.4%		91.8	54^th of 950 public elementary schools	94.3%	75	71.0	68.3	77.1	60.0	78.8	51.5	68.5	76.5	53.1	71.1	41.5	63.7	47.0	59.4	55.4	46.5	$17,262
Lafayette Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	101 North Bermont Avenue	Lafayette	80026	Boulder County	Boulder Valley School District No. Re2	No	No	No	No	(720) 561-8900	497	27	18.2	20.1%	359 (72.2%)	2 (0.4%)	83 (16.7%)	15 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	36 (7.2%)	78.3	190^th of 946 public elementary schools	79.9%		78.9	189^th of 950 public elementary schools	80.1%	1	53.1	60.8	64.5				59.8	59.4	53.8	52.6				55.0	61.3		$21,424

Frequently Asked Questions about Aspen Ridge Preparatory School

What is the racial makeup of Aspen Ridge Preparatory School?

Students at Aspen Ridge Preparatory School are 81% White, 8% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

How many students attend Aspen Ridge Preparatory School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 581 students attended Aspen Ridge Preparatory School.

Is Aspen Ridge Preparatory School a good school?

Aspen Ridge Preparatory School ranks 362^nd of 946 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What district is Aspen Ridge Preparatory School in?

St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J

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