Students in Boulder County schools were truant 1.8% of the time in the 2023-24 school year, the Colorado Department of Education reported. This rate was lower than in the previous school year.
Overall, there were 42,986 students enrolled in Boulder County in the 2023-24 school year, of whom 774 were marked truant.
Statewide, Denver County schools suffered the most truancy issues (6.3%) in the 2023-24 school year. Meanwhile, Dolores County schools successfully recorded the lowest truancy rate in the region (0%).
Students are generally considered chronically truant if they miss 5% or more of the total number of school days in a year without acceptable excuses.
Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.
Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.
The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.
| Schools | No. of Students Enrolled | Chronic Truancy Rates | Attendance Daily Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Elementary School | 315 | 0.1% | 95.1% |
| Creekside Elementary School at Martin Park | 368 | 0.1% | 93.3% |
| Foothill Elementary School | 437 | 0.1% | 94.1% |
| High Peaks Elementary School | 247 | 0.1% | 95.1% |
| Mesa Elementary School | 246 | 0.1% | 94.5% |
| Meadowlark School | 754 | 0.2% | 94.3% |
| Summit Middle Charter School | 361 | 0.2% | 96.5% |
| Blue Mountain Elementary | 557 | 0.3% | 94.9% |
| Coal Creek Elementary School | 324 | 0.3% | 94.5% |
| Eldorado K-8 School | 559 | 0.3% | 94.6% |
| Fireside Elementary School | 436 | 0.3% | 94.5% |
| Peak to Peak Charter School | 1,452 | 0.3% | 95.6% |
| Southern Hills Middle School | 493 | 0.3% | 95.5% |
| Superior Elementary School | 429 | 0.3% | 94.9% |
| Boulder Community School/Integrated Studies | 265 | 0.4% | 93.6% |
| Flagstaff Charter Academy | 775 | 0.4% | 93.5% |
| Jamestown Elementary School | 18 | 0.4% | 94% |
| Douglass Elementary School | 319 | 0.5% | 94.7% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School | 338 | 0.5% | 93.2% |
| Louisville Elementary School | 440 | 0.5% | 94.7% |
| Nevin Platt Middle School | 504 | 0.5% | 93.5% |
| Lafayette Elementary School | 480 | 0.6% | 94.4% |
| Louisville Middle School | 610 | 0.6% | 94.3% |
| Niwot Elementary School | 407 | 0.6% | 95.5% |
| Centennial Middle School | 619 | 0.7% | 93.1% |
| Flatirons Elementary School | 164 | 0.8% | 94.3% |
| Hygiene Elementary School | 316 | 0.8% | 94.4% |
| Indian Peaks Elementary School | 236 | 0.8% | 93.9% |
| Red Hawk Elementary | 605 | 0.8% | 94.5% |
| St. Vrain Community Montessori School | 267 | 0.8% | 93.7% |
| Gold Hill Elementary School | 12 | 0.9% | 94.4% |
| Monarch K-8 School | 738 | 0.9% | 93.5% |
| Nederland Elementary School | 194 | 1% | 91.4% |
| Community Montessori School | 277 | 1.1% | 92.3% |
| Fall River Elementary School | 518 | 1.1% | 94.1% |
| Heatherwood Elementary School | 255 | 1.1% | 94.1% |
| Monarch High School | 1,447 | 1.1% | 93.9% |
| Ryan Elementary School | 458 | 1.1% | 93.6% |
| Twin Peaks Charter Academy | 853 | 1.1% | 93.2% |
| Apex Home School Enrichment Program | 726 | 1.2% | 93.2% |
| Crest View Elementary School | 411 | 1.2% | 92.9% |
| University Hill Elementary School | 408 | 1.2% | 93% |
| Fairview High School | 1,847 | 1.3% | 93.8% |
| Angevine Middle School | 609 | 1.5% | 92.9% |
| Erie Elementary School | 450 | 1.5% | 94.2% |
| Lyons Middle/Senior High School | 355 | 1.5% | 94.2% |
| Nederland Middle-Senior High School | 245 | 1.5% | 92.8% |
| Sunset Middle School | 341 | 1.5% | 92.8% |
| Westview Middle School | 621 | 1.5% | 92.2% |
| Manhattan Middle School of the Arts and Academics | 418 | 1.6% | 93% |
| Whittier Elementary School | 293 | 1.6% | 93.1% |
| Eagle Crest Elementary School | 414 | 1.7% | 92.8% |
| Longmont Estates Elementary School | 368 | 1.7% | 93.9% |
| Mapleton Early Childhood Center | 63 | 1.7% | 88.8% |
| Altona Middle School | 745 | 1.8% | 93.7% |
| Horizons K-8 School | 361 | 1.8% | 94.3% |
| Lyons Elementary School | 267 | 1.8% | 93.4% |
| Trail Ridge Middle School | 470 | 1.8% | 91.1% |
| Longs Peak Middle School | 382 | 1.9% | 91.6% |
| New Vista High School | 319 | 1.9% | 90.8% |
| Boulder Prep Charter High School | 115 | 10.5% | 87% |
| Central Elementary School | 352 | 2.2% | 93.3% |
| Columbine Elementary School | 394 | 2.2% | 91.6% |
| Alpine Elementary School | 397 | 2.3% | 92.6% |
| Niwot High School | 1,471 | 2.3% | 91.5% |
| Boulder High School | 2,022 | 2.4% | 92% |
| Burlington Elementary School | 316 | 2.4% | 91.3% |
| Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School | 488 | 2.4% | 93.8% |
| Casey Middle School | 393 | 2.5% | 91.4% |
| Centaurus High School | 1,563 | 2.7% | 92.5% |
| Sanborn Elementary School | 239 | 2.7% | 92.8% |
| Silver Creek High School | 1,217 | 2.7% | 91.8% |
| Columbine Elementary School | 230 | 2.8% | 93.2% |
| Rocky Mountain Elementary School | 313 | 3.2% | 92.7% |
| Alicia Sanchez International School | 320 | 3.4% | 91.1% |
| Mountain View Elementary School | 333 | 3.5% | 92.3% |
| Northridge Elementary School | 307 | 3.7% | 91.8% |
| Longmont High School | 1,254 | 4.4% | 90.1% |
| Justice High Charter School | 103 | 4.7% | 83.8% |
| Timberline PK-8 | 778 | 5% | 91.1% |
| New Meridian High School | 99 | 5.6% | 84.2% |
| Skyline High School | 1,197 | 5.7% | 89.3% |
| Arapahoe Ridge High School | 245 | 5.9% | 90.9% |
| St. Vrain Virtual High School | 79 | 6.1% | 90.2% |
| Boulder Universal | 226 | 6.8% | 93.2% |
| St. Vrain LaunchED Virtual Academy | 329 | 7.9% | 89.3% |
| County | 42,986 | 1.8% | 93.0% |
| State | 866,824 | 3.4% | 91.5% |
Information in this story was obtained from the Colorado Department of Education. The source data can be found here.
