Summary:
Zip code 80530 contains exactly one school, Thunder Valley Pk-8, a large PK-8 campus serving 880 students in Frederick, Colorado, as part of the St. Vrain Valley School District No. Re1J. This single school carries the full responsibility for elementary and middle school education in the area, with no standalone middle or high school alternatives within the zip code.
Thunder Valley Pk-8 is a high-poverty school, with 63% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and it currently holds a 1-star rating. While the district ranks in the 80th percentile statewide, Thunder Valley sits in the 26th percentile, making it a notable outlier. Academic proficiency is far below district and state averages, with only 27.1% of students proficient in ELA and 22.4% in math. The weakest performance appears in middle grades, especially 8th grade ELA at 14.6% and 7th grade math at 14.3%. Science results are even more concerning, with just 12.8% of 8th graders proficient compared to 40.8% districtwide.
Encouragingly, the school made real gains from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with math proficiency rising from 15.4% to 22.4% and ELA from 22.0% to 27.1%. The student-teacher ratio is 15.8, and chronic absenteeism at 22.7% is actually better than the state average of 28.4%, though it still affects roughly one in five students. Given that Thunder Valley is the only school in 80530, its performance is especially important to local families. The recent upward trend offers hope, but the school remains far behind its district and state peers, particularly in middle-level science and math.
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