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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 80516

At a glance

Schools

7,673

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedErie Elementary School55^th of 946 Colorado elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Red Hawk Elementary up 78 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Aspen Ridge Preparatory School 15.2 students per teacher

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Summary:

Zip code 80516 is home to 10 schools serving 7,673 students, including eight elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Nine of the schools belong to the St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J, while Meadowlark School is part of the Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. This is a high-performing community overall, with the typical school ranking around the 80th percentile statewide.

Erie Elementary School is the top overall performer, ranking 55th of 943 elementary schools (94th percentile) with the highest ELA (72.7%) and math (69.0%) proficiency in the area. Highlands Elementary School is a rising 5-star school at the 91st percentile with very low chronic absenteeism of 7.2%. At the secondary level, Erie High School ranks 59th of 338 high schools with a 97.3% graduation rate and strong SAT scores, though its 26.7% chronic absenteeism is the highest in the zip code. Red Hawk Elementary has shown the most improvement, jumping from the 75th to the 84th percentile in two years, while Meadowlark School boasts the healthiest attendance profile at just 5.2% chronic absenteeism.

Every school in the zip code exceeds state averages in both ELA and math, but a clear gap separates the top and bottom performers. Erie Elementary leads Grand View Elementary by nearly 28 percentage points in ELA proficiency, and Grand View also has the highest poverty rate at 31.8% free/reduced lunch. Aspen Ridge Preparatory School struggles in 5th-grade science despite having the lowest student-teacher ratio. Several PK-8 schools, including Soaring Heights Pk-8, show a notable dip in middle-grade proficiency, though Meadowlark maintains strong middle grades. Chronic absenteeism is low across elementary and middle schools, but Erie High School is an outlier near the state average. Red Hawk Elementary is trending upward while Grand View is declining, making the performance gap the key challenge to watch.

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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
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
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
Erie Middle School	Public	6-8	650 Main Street	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 828-3391	762	38	20.1	15.5%	562 (73.8%)	10 (1.3%)	114 (15.0%)	41 (5.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.5%)	77.3	99^th of 476 public middle schools	79.2%		81.8	69^th of 469 public middle schools	85.3%	30										53.6	61.6	46.4	54.1				47.8	61.9	56.2	55.2		51.4		$16,539
Erie High School	Public	9-12	3180 County Road 5	Erie	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 828-4213	1,727	74	23.3	13.1%	1,337 (77.4%)	13 (0.8%)	250 (14.5%)	79 (4.6%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (2.6%)	81.9	60^th of 340 public high schools	82.4%		77.8	73^rd of 328 public high schools	77.7%	13	83.0	60.8	83.9	58.0	77.8	44.4																	32.4	$15,637
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
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
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
Grand View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6601 Aggregate Blvd	Frederick	80516	Boulder County	St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J	No	No	No	No	(303) 702-8000	446	26	17.4	31.8%	279 (62.6%)	4 (0.9%)	123 (27.6%)	25 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	50.6	432^nd of 946 public elementary schools	54.3%		56.6	393^rd of 950 public elementary schools	58.6%	39							41.8	47.0	46.0				44.9	47.8	41.8	40.6				43.5	30.2			$17,180
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

Cities Near Zip Code 80516

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Erie	0.64 mi	9	19^th
Frederick	3.13 mi	6	122^nd
Dacono	3.35 mi	1	45^th
Broomfield	4.27 mi	17	30^th
Lafayette	5.05 mi	8	41^st

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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.

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