Upper Blue Elementary School

Upper Blue Elementary School serves 224 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade in Breckenridge, Colorado. With a student-teacher ratio of 10.2:1, classes stay small and instruction stays personal — a meaningful advantage in the early years of learning. The school earns a composite score of 9.5 out of 10, rated Exceptional, driven by a 9.2 academic score and an outstanding 9.7 growth score.

That growth figure reflects how much students are advancing relative to expectations, not just where they start. Upper Blue ranks first among all 1,006 elementary schools in Colorado, and third among all 1,815 public schools in the state regardless of level. In a state with a competitive public school landscape, those positions carry real weight.

For families evaluating options in the Breckenridge area, the numbers are straightforward. Upper Blue outperforms 100% of Colorado public schools, a distinction that puts it in a category by itself. Parents looking for a school where academic outcomes are consistently strong and where students are demonstrably making progress year over year will find the data here unusually clear-cut.

Enrollment is small enough that the school retains an intimate feel while still delivering results that lead the state.