The top reported proficiency rate is 40% in Science. The lowest is 18% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Alicia Sanchez International School
Alicia Sanchez International School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Lafayette, a suburban city at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern Boulder County. The school is part of the Boulder Valley School District No. Re2. Lafayette itself has a walkable Old Town core along Public Road with shops, restaurants, and civic buildings, while the school sits on its own campus, consistent with the pattern of elementary schools spread across the city.
The school enrolls a little over three hundred students. The student body is majority Hispanic, with about a quarter of students identifying as white and smaller shares of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school serves a pre-kindergarten program and a full range of elementary grades.
State assessment results are available for math, English language arts, and science. Proficiency rates on the Colorado Measures of Academic Success were low across tested subjects, placing the school in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency when compared against other districts in Boulder County. The science proficiency rate was higher than the math and English language arts rates, though still at a modest level. Participation rates for the assessments were high, meaning the results reflect nearly all enrolled students.
A parent may want to look into the school's academic support offerings and how the school works with students who are below grade-level benchmarks. The data available does not include information about special education or English learner populations, which would be relevant context for understanding the school's instructional approach. Staffing, discipline, attendance, and course access data were also not available.
The broader district context matters here. The Boulder Valley School District passed a bond issue in 2022 that funds safety, mental health, and facility improvements across all schools, including a new elementary school that opened in 2024. The same ballot measure approved a mill levy override specifically to improve teacher and staff compensation. At the same time, the district has experienced declining enrollment over the past decade and voted in 2024 to close two small elementary schools due to low enrollment and high per-pupil costs. These twin dynamics — investment in facilities and staffing alongside consolidation due to shrinking enrollment — shape the environment for every school in the district.
Housing in the area is expensive relative to national benchmarks. Typical home values place significant financial pressure on households, and rents are also elevated. This context helps explain the school's substantial share of students qualifying for meal assistance, as high housing costs can strain family budgets even in a community with a median income above the national figure.
Alicia Sanchez International School is an elementary school with a diverse enrollment and a community that carries economic pressures typical of a growing front-range suburb. The academic results suggest the school serves a population where many students need additional support to reach grade-level expectations. The school's name and the "International" designation hint at a program focus, but no detailed program information was available in the data to confirm what that emphasis means for curriculum or instruction. Families considering this school would want to learn directly from the school about its academic interventions, its approach to serving multilingual learners, and how the district's bond improvements will affect this particular campus.
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