The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in English language arts. The lowest is 47% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Aspen Creek K-8 School
Aspen Creek K-8 School is a regular public school in the Boulder Valley School District serving students from preschool through eighth grade in Broomfield. It is not a charter school. The school sits within a district that has made significant financial investments recently: voters approved a large bond issue in 2022, the largest in district history, funding safety upgrades, mental health spaces, classroom additions, and technology improvements across all schools, with construction phased through 2026. The same election approved a mill levy override that generates additional revenue annually for a set span, beginning in 2024, to boost teacher and support staff compensation. These are concrete, voter-backed commitments to facilities and staffing quality. At the same time, the district has faced declining enrollment of about a certain number of students over the past decade and voted in late 2024 to close two elementary schools due to high per-pupil costs, with affected students reassigned to nearby schools. Aspen Creek itself is a large school for its grade band, with an enrollment that fills preschool through eighth grade across many sections per grade.
Academically, the school turns in a split performance that a parent will want to look at by subject. On the Colorado Measures of Academic Success for grades three through eight, the school's English language arts proficiency sits at a level that is a clear strength, with a substantial majority of students meeting the state's proficient or above mark. Math proficiency is notably lower, with less than half of students scoring at that level, a gap that is worth a conversation with the school about instructional support and curriculum. Science results vary by grade level: fifth-grade science proficiency is solid, while eighth-grade science proficiency falls to a level that is markedly lower, and the participation rate for that eighth-grade test was also lower, which a parent may want to ask about. Because the school serves only through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The school's own data did not include counts or rates for students with IEPs or English learners, so the profile for special education and language support is incomplete from what is available here.
The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial share of Hispanic students and smaller shares of Asian students and students of two or more races. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a level that places the school in a moderately mixed-income range for the area. The school is located in Broomfield, a city in Boulder County. Housing values in the zip code that serves the school are above the statewide benchmark, and rents follow a similar pattern. The typical estimated monthly mortgage payment for a median-priced home in this area is high relative to local incomes, and renting is more affordable on a monthly basis than buying, which shapes who can live in the attendance zone.
The district's 2022 bond also funded a new elementary school in Erie that opened in 2024, addressing enrollment growth in that part of the district. Broomfield, where Aspen Creek sits, has been a growing suburb in the Denver-Boulder corridor, and the school itself has a full enrollment across all grades with a noticeable bump in size at the middle school grades, suggesting that families in this area tend to stay through eighth grade. There is no information available on course access, staffing ratios, discipline, or attendance from the data provided, so a parent looking at those dimensions would need to seek them directly from the school or district. The school's academic profile, with strong reading but weaker math and a sharp drop in eighth-grade science, points to a place where a family should specifically ask about math intervention and middle school science instruction. The district's recent investments and the school's size and stable enrollment suggest a well-resourced setting, but the academic data invites follow-up, particularly in math.
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