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Boulder Valley School District RE-2

P O BOX 9011 6500 ARAPAHOE RD, BOULDER, CO 80301

31.3K Students | 1,775 Teachers | 57 Schools

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CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
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COLUMBINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EISENHOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELDORADO K-8 SCHOOL
EMERALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
FIRESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLATIRONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOOTHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GOLD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HALCYON SCHOOL (SPECIAL EDUCATION)
HEATHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGH PEAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HORIZONS K-8 SCHOOL
JAMESTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JUSTICE HIGH CHARTER SCHOOL
KOHL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAFAYETTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOUISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOUISVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MANHATTAN MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AND ACADEMICS
MAPLETON EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER
MESA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MONARCH HIGH SCHOOL
MONARCH K-8 SCHOOL
NEDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEDERLAND MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
NEVIN PLATT MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEW VISTA HIGH SCHOOL
PEAK TO PEAK CHARTER SCHOOL
PIONEER BILINGUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SOUTHERN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL
SUMMIT MIDDLE CHARTER SCHOOL
SUPERIOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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District Composition
The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in school districts across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Another measure of disparities is how segregated schools are in a district. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

2x 

White students are 2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Hispanic students.

White students are 1.9 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as Black students.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

White students are 1.2 times as likely to be enrolled in at least one AP class as students of Two or More Races.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled at least one AP class is not available.

Discipline

3.7x 

Black students are 3.7 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Hispanic students are 2.4 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

White students are 1.6 times as likely to be suspended as Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students.

students of Two or More Races are 1.8 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Native American or Alaska Native students are 3.6 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

Achievement Gap

3 grades

Hispanic students are, on average, academically 3 grades behind White students.

The achievement gap between Black students and White students is not available.

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Opportunity

School districts offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students in this district.


AP Course Composition

Gifted & Talented Composition

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Students

31% Nonwhite Students

22% Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

92% High School Graduation Rate

36% High School Students Taking at Least One AP Course

3,753 students

15% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

4,724 students

21% Students Taking the SAT or ACT

2,095 students

11% Students Enrolled in Physics

1,188 students

26% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

2,804 students

13% Students Enrolled in in Geometry

1,307 students

31% Students Enrolled in Biology

3,188 students

20% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

2,098 students

9% Students Enrolled in Calculus

943 students

3% Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

783 students

Teachers & Resources

17.6 Students for Every Teacher

4% Inexperienced Teachers

55% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

14 Average Number of AP Courses per School

2.8 Social Workers, Psychologists & Counselors per 1000 students

11 Schools With Credit Recovery Programs

9 Schools With Dual Enrollment Programs

55 Schools With Gifted & Talented Programs

2 Schools With International Baccalaureates

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Discipline

School districts differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this district punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.


Out-of-School Suspension Composition

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State

Students

857 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

3% of all students in this district

559 Total In-School Suspended Students

2% of all students in this district

0 Total Expelled Students

Outcomes & Resources

53 Average Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension, per School

2.9Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0 Total Arrests

88 Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

1 Average Referrals to Law Enforcement, per School

0 Average Transfers to Alternative Schools, per School

0.3 Security Guards or Law Enforcement Officers per 1000 students

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Civil Rights Coordinators

Districts are required to designate specific employees to ensure schools are in compliance with federal civil rights laws. Here are the designated civil rights coordinators for this district.

Civil Rights: All Forms of Discrimination
  • Joe Sleeper
  • 720-561-5114
  • Email
All Schools

Explore the disparities in discipline and academic opportunities across all schools in this district.

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

Find errors? Have tips? Email [email protected].

Data specific to high school testing or high school level courses (including geometry, biology, calculus, AP enrollment, SAT testing rates, etc.) is calculated out of total high school enrollment, while data for other classes (such as eighth-grade algebra) is calculated out of total student enrollment. Read more about our data in our methodology

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