Enrollment at Lochbuie Elementary School increased by 3.5% in 2024-25 school year compared to previous school year

There were 239 students enrolled in Lochbuie Elementary School during the 2024-25 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year's 231 students welcomed, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

Among the student body, 55.6% were boys and 44.4% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic or Latino (161), representing 67.4% of the Lochbuie Elementary School total enrollment. White students comprised the second-largest ethnic group, with 68 students (28.5%).

The grade level with the highest enrollment was fifth grade, with 83 students enrolled that year, accounting for 34.7% of the total student body.

The school is located in Weld County School District Re-3J, and has a central office in Lochbuie.

In total, there were 881,065 students enrolled in Colorado during the 2024-25 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.

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.

School	Total Enrollment
Weld Central Senior High School	651
Meadow Ridge Elementary School	440
Weld Central Middle School	403
Hoff Elementary School	338
Hudson Elementary School	303
Lochbuie Elementary School	239
Cardinal Community Academy Charter School	182