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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 80501

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At a glance

Schools

6,061

Students

Top rankedCentral Elementary School120^th of 943 Colorado elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Mountain View Elementary School up 267 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Indian Peaks Elementary School 10.4 students per teacher

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5 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

ZIP code 80501 in Longmont, Colorado is served by St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, a 4-star district ranked 23rd out of 115 in the state, and contains 16 schools covering elementary through high school, including charter, virtual, and alternative options. Enrollment varies dramatically from 1,268 students at Longmont High School down to just 69 at St. Vrain Virtual High School, with an average of about 393 students per school. The area includes both top-performing schools and deeply struggling ones, with poverty and chronic absenteeism strongly shaping outcomes.

Central Elementary School stands out as the highest-achieving traditional elementary school, with CMAS ELA proficiency of 66.3% and math of 67.9%, far above district and state averages. Twin Peaks Classical Academy is the strongest all-around K-12 option, excelling in SAT reading, math, and 11th-grade science, while St. Vrain Virtual High School posts an impressive 95% SAT reading/writing proficiency with a tiny 3.5:1 student-teacher ratio. On the other end, Northridge Elementary School ranks in the 6th percentile with just 12.5% ELA proficiency, and Longs Peak Middle School sits in the 10th percentile with 13.4% math proficiency. Poverty is not destiny: Sanborn Elementary School achieves above-district ELA scores despite 62.7% free/reduced-price lunch eligibility, and Mountain View Elementary School more than doubled math proficiency in one year while serving a 76.6% poverty population.

Traditional middle schools are a particular weak point: Longs Peak Middle School and Sunset Middle School lag far behind charter and K-12 options in the area. Math proficiency is consistently lower than reading across almost every school, from Longmont High School (62% reading vs. 40% math) to Twin Peaks Classical Academy (71% vs. 48%). Chronic absenteeism is highest at New Meridian High School (59.1%) and Longmont High School (42.1%), the latter despite a 97.5% graduation rate. Virtual schools are not all alike: St. Vrain Virtual High School outperforms, while St. Vrain LaunchED Virtual Academy struggles with weaker scores and 30.4% chronic absenteeism. Overall, this ZIP code offers excellent options for families, but choices matter greatly depending on the school and grade level.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2026)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2026)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2026)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2026)	SAT Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	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	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	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	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Burlington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1051 S. Pratt Parkway	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 776-8861	320	21	15.3	61.3%	131 (40.9%)	4 (1.3%)	161 (50.3%)	11 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.8%)	39.4	517^th of 943 public elementary schools	45.2%		37.1	554^th of 950 public elementary schools	41.7%	37							35.1	38.9	44.4				39.8	35.9	29.7	40.0				35.5	31.1			$20,514
Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1020 4th Avenue	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 776-3236	344	21	16.2	31.1%	254 (73.8%)	2 (0.6%)	67 (19.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.2%)	85.9	120^th of 943 public elementary schools	87.3%		88.1	97^th of 950 public elementary schools	89.8%	23							65.3	59.1	77.1				66.3	80.0	57.6	69.4				67.9	54.2			$19,680
Indian Peaks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1335 South Judson	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 772-7240	214	21	10.4	84.6%	13 (6.1%)	1 (0.5%)	192 (89.7%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	38.6	526^th of 943 public elementary schools	44.2%		28.8	625^th of 950 public elementary schools	34.2%	99							26.8	38.2	46.2				36.8	40.5	42.9	35.9				39.7	23.1			$25,241
Sunset Middle School	Public	6-8	1300 S. Sunset	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 776-3963	316	25	12.5	58.5%	126 (39.9%)	0 (0.0%)	173 (54.7%)	5 (1.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	34.7	276^th of 469 public middle schools	41.2%		40.5	238^th of 469 public middle schools	49.3%	38										37.6	31.6	28.8	33.2				31.8	23.5	30.6	28.5		27.6		$22,643
Longmont High School	Public	9-12	1040 Sunset Street	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 776-6014	1,268	63	20.2	47.9%	667 (52.6%)	8 (0.6%)	523 (41.2%)	19 (1.5%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (0.2%)	45 (3.5%)	57.8	135^th of 338 public high schools	60.1%		51.3	145^th of 328 public high schools	55.8%	10	69.0	38.0	68.0	39.0	62.0	40.0																	42.7	$16,926
Longs Peak Middle School	Public	5-8	1500 14th Avenue	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 776-5611	381	31	12.4	80.3%	93 (24.4%)	4 (1.0%)	275 (72.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	13.7	424^th of 469 public middle schools	9.6%		17.3	391^st of 469 public middle schools	16.6%	33									26.2	14.1	26.5	18.1	20.6			8.1	10.6	16.7	16.7	13.4	15.0	12.5		$21,869
Mountain View Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	1415 14th Street	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(720) 652-8261	321	27	12.1	76.6%	85 (26.5%)	5 (1.6%)	213 (66.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.0%)	43.7	481^st of 943 public elementary schools	49.0%		19.5	748^th of 950 public elementary schools	21.3%	267							29.2	45.5					37.0	41.7	40.9					41.3				$22,616
Northridge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 19th Avenue	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	Yes	(303) 772-3040	318	24	13.2	77.4%	41 (12.9%)	5 (1.6%)	264 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	9.5	889^th of 943 public elementary schools	5.7%		13.4	832^nd of 950 public elementary schools	12.4%	57							12.1	12.3	13.3				12.5	21.2	21.1	10.0				18.3	10.0			$21,276
New Meridian High School	Public	9-12	1200 South Sunset	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(720) 494-3961	95	10	9.5	64.2%	38 (40.0%)	1 (1.1%)	52 (54.7%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)								(n/a)																								$28,176
Sanborn Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2235 Vivian Street	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 772-3838	209	17	12.2	62.7%	105 (50.2%)	0 (0.0%)	93 (44.5%)	3 (1.4%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.9%)	55.5	395^th of 943 public elementary schools	58.1%		44.2	498^th of 950 public elementary schools	47.6%	103							66.7	56.7	39.3				53.7	50.0	28.1	46.4				40.5	35.7			$23,443
Twin Peaks Classical Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	340 South Sunset Street	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 772-7286	879	57	15.3	38.8%	532 (60.5%)	13 (1.5%)	255 (29.0%)	32 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	42 (4.8%)								(n/a)	73.0	56.0	69.0	43.0	71.0	48.0	46.9	50.0	50.0	55.6	56.7	50.0	51.6	45.3	39.4	45.8	52.1	47.8	61.4	47.8	47.6	52.4	54.3	$13,841
Flagstaff Charter Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	2040 Miller Drive	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 651-7900	725	55	13.1	19.4%	476 (65.7%)	5 (0.7%)	123 (17.0%)	63 (8.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (7.9%)	62.6	330^th of 943 public elementary schools	65.0%		68.6	281^st of 950 public elementary schools	70.4%	49							39.7	52.0	60.0	41.0	63.7	77.3	55.6	48.7	49.3	56.6	30.6	43.2	64.7	49.1	50.0	62.1		$14,685
St. Vrain Community Montessori School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1055 Delaware Ave.	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	Yes	No	No	No	(303) 682-4339	260	21	12.1	15.4%	209 (80.4%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (11.2%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.9%)								(n/a)							26.9						43.9	24.0						26.6				$14,741
St. Vrain Virtual High School	Public, Virtual	9-12	1200 South Sunset Street	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	Yes	No	(720) 494-3975	69	20	3.5	14.5%	54 (78.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (11.6%)	2 (2.9%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.8%)								(n/a)																								$24,125
St. Vrain LaunchED Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	395 S. Pratt Parkway	Longmont	80501	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	Yes	No	(303) 702-8800	342	27	12.7		163 (47.7%)	2 (0.6%)	144 (42.1%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (7.0%)								(n/a)		21.0			67.0						16.7		40.7							23.0				$20,594

Cities Near Zip Code 80501

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Longmont	1.04 mi	30	83^rd
Niwot	4.41 mi	2	4^th
Lyons	7.6 mi	2	7^th
Boulder	7.8 mi	31	16^th
Mead	8.27 mi	2	20^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.