The top reported proficiency rate is 15% in English language arts. The lowest is 8% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Maplewood Elementary School
Maplewood Elementary School serves students from kindergarten through fifth grade in the Greeley-Evans School District 6. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet school, and it is located in the city of Greeley. The school has a substantial enrollment for an elementary school, and a very large share of its students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which signals a high level of economic need among the families it serves. The student body is majority Hispanic, with a sizable white minority and smaller groups of Asian, Black, multiracial, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students.
Greeley is a mid-sized city on Colorado’s Front Range with a mixed economy that includes meatpacking, healthcare, education, and government. It is also a college town, home to the University of Northern Colorado and Aims Community College. The downtown area has an entertainment district, and the city hosts the annual Greeley Independence Stampede. The community has a working-class and institutional character. Greeley-Evans School District 6 is the city’s public school district, and in late 2022 voters approved a substantial bond and a property tax override to fund safety and facility upgrades, new construction, and staff retention. The bond is funding a new K-12 pre-engineering academy that opened after the 2022 election. The district has also implemented new literacy and math intervention programs in response to low proficiency scores across its schools. All of these factors—the district’s financial investment, its new programming, and the broader community context—shape what Maplewood families experience.
On state assessments, Maplewood’s proficiency rates are low across all tested subjects. In both math and English language arts, the share of students scoring at or above the proficiency standard is modest, and science proficiency at the fifth-grade level is similarly low. The school’s overall academic performance, when measured as a combined proficiency index across subjects and grades, falls in the bottom quartile among all districts in Weld County. A parent considering Maplewood should know that these are significant soft spots. The district itself has recognized that proficiency levels in its schools are below state averages and has rolled out intervention programs aimed at math and literacy, which means Maplewood is part of a district-wide effort to improve outcomes. The academic data for this school is clear, and a family may want to discuss with the school how those interventions are working at Maplewood specifically.
No data is available on English learner or special education populations, chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, or discipline. While the district’s publicly reported bond and override measures indicate a focus on safety and mental health support, specific details about Maplewood’s own programs, such as course offerings, enrichment activities, or after-school support, were not provided in the available information. Because Maplewood serves grades K-5, there is no graduation rate to report, which is expected for an elementary school.
Greeley itself offers a range of civic and cultural resources, including a performing arts center, a regional park, and a city transit system, but the general built environment is auto-oriented and sprawled. Housing values in the area are slightly below the state median but close to the national median, and rents are moderate relative to incomes, though a mortgage would be moderately higher than the typical rent. The city has grown substantially in recent decades and continues to develop, offering a relatively more affordable option than the larger cities to the south and north along the Front Range.
Maplewood Elementary is a school where the academic results are well below county and state averages, and the student population has high economic need. The district is investing in facilities and targeted academic interventions, and families looking at this school will want to understand how those efforts are reaching Maplewood’s classrooms. The school does not appear to have a specialized program focus or a selective admissions process; it serves its neighborhood and the broader Greeley community as a general elementary school. For a family whose priority is a school with strong test scores or very high proficiency rates, this is likely not a fit. For a family who wants to be part of a community school in a district that is actively working on improvement and has shown a willingness to invest in facilities and programs, Maplewood is a straightforward, known quantity to investigate further.
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