NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Broomfield, CO

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17 public K-12 schools in Broomfield from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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17
Schools
12,567
Students
46.8/100
Avg Resource Index
17.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Resource breadth with tighter class loads

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Broomfield has more public-school enrollment than 86% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Broomfield's average Resource Investment Index ranks above most listed cities even though its student-teacher ratio is on the more crowded side of the national city distribution. That is a useful mismatch, not a contradiction: counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance can lift the composite while classroom staffing remains comparatively tight. Families should inspect the component scores on each school profile instead of reading the city index as a shorthand for small classes.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

9 of Broomfield's 17 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Broomfield's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 77th percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 26th percentile. The 51-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 14%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
77th percentile
Teacher staffing
26th percentile

Legacy High School accounts for 16.3% of all Broomfield public-school enrollment

That concentration means Broomfield-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Broomfield school enrollment varies 7.5× across entities

Broomfield school enrollment ranges from 273 students (lowest) to 2,052 students (highest), a spread of 1,779 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Broomfield student-teacher ratio is 17.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Broomfield is typically wider than the Broomfield-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

4 of Broomfield's 17 listed schools are charters

24% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Jefferson Academy 65
2. Coyote Ridge Elementary School 59
3. Birch Elementary School 51
4. Meridian Elementary School 50
5. Mountain View Elementary School 49
6. Thunder Vista P-8 48
7. Prospect Ridge Academy 47
8. Aspen Creek K-8 School 47
9. Kohl Elementary School 47
10. Emerald Elementary School 46
11. Jefferson Academy Elementary 43
12. Jefferson Academy High School 42
13. Broomfield Heights Middle School 42
14. Centennial Elementary School 42
15. Westlake Middle School 40
16. Legacy High School 39
17. Broomfield High School 38

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Broomfield

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Emerald Elementary School 64.1/100
  2. 2 Mountain View Elementary School 58.7/100
  3. 3 Legacy High School 55.9/100
  4. 4 Westlake Middle School 55.8/100
  5. 5 Prospect Ridge Academy 54.4/100

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Which Broomfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Jefferson Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Broomfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Broomfield, CO? ▼

Broomfield has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,567 students. 4 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.