Louisville, CO, the #1 Best Place to Live in America (Denver: 2009, city hall)

[2bindenver]

Diveristy comes to Interlocken.

I'm talking about Industry.

[suzco]

Originally Posted by 2bindenver

Diveristy comes to Interlocken.

I'm talking about Industry.

Well next door, anyway. Interlocken's in Broomfield. Ex-Storagetek/ex-Sun, now Conoco Phillips is in Louisville, no?

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by 2bindenver

Diveristy comes to Interlocken.

I'm talking about Industry.

Originally Posted by suzco

Well next door, anyway. Interlocken's in Broomfield. Ex-Storagetek/ex-Sun, now Conoco Phillips is in Louisville, no?

It's actually across Highway 36 in Lousiville, FWIW. It's good to see some diversity in the north metro area, that's for sure.

[Pequod]

Originally Posted by Katiana

I am supposed to be the great Louisville booster on this forum, so this may come as a surprise to some. One of Louisville's negative points is that there is not a lot of diversity here. Most everyone is white, middle class. The schools are good but there is a lot of pressure on kids to excel, do music, sports, the whole enchilada. I agree with everything else that has been said. The train does not bother me, but I live fairly far from it.

Katiana, Thank you for your honesty! We tried Louisville - twice in fact; tried two of the elementaries... and I feared the method of forcing childen to write letters of apology for their wrongdoings, and then leaving this as the only form of correction, was going to create some very unusual adults (so yes, we bailed yet again). What I witnessed was that discipline in the schools, and then at home(?), was almost altogether non-existent. I saw - too many times - the school administrators attempt to brush problems under the carpet simply to keep up appearances. Letters were written by errant children saying "I am sorry, I won't do it again," and written again, and again.

The people were however fairly nice on the outside; and as previously mentioned in this forum, VERY proud of their town. But the national attention as one of the greatest places to live in the entire world has done Louisville by far more damage than good.

[Katiana]

Well, I guess one of the difficulties of internet forums is that it is not face to face conversation. I never meant my comments to back up anyone's specific school problems. I just want people to realize the streets are not paved with gold!

For the record, my kids went to K-12 school in Louisville, did well and got into good colleges. I was about 95% satisfied with the experience they had. I certainly wouldn't "bail" on the schools in Louisville, and I think you will find the same sorts of disagreements with teachers, administrators, etc everywhere.

[unbrand]

Hello, Katysheltie!

Hope it's not too late.

I have been living in the town called Superior. Superior is right next to Louisville.
(5~15 min. drive from the old town Louisville) It;s basically across from the I-36.

Louisville is an excellent place to live. It's old enough to have its own culture.

However, I would strongly recommend you to look also into Superior.
Houses in general are much newer than Louisville.
It has excellent public schools. (Superior Elementary, Monarch k-8, ELdorado K-8 - they are all 'excellent' rated elementary schools out of Boulder School District) The kids going to those schools finally all go to Monarch High (which is also excellent rated high school)

If you prefer some old town atmosphere, Louisville should be the choice. But if you want newer houses, you should definitely consider Superior.

The town of Superior has a lot of facilities within 5-min. driving range. It has a very big shopping mall called Flatiron Crossing Mall. The town was kind of target-built in order to induce more high-tech people from 10 years ago and as such, everything is in one big shopping area (again, calles Flatiron Crossing).

You can buy some 3,500~4,000 SQF house at around 500~700k in Superior. (The housing prices in Superior are slightly higher than those in Louisville, as they are newer)

As for the schooling, Superior is definitely better with all schools rated at 'excellent' whereas some Louisville Schools are from 'average' to 'excellent'.

When you come and see the town, please drop by and check Superior as well.

[Bradburn1]

The OP is now one of my neighbors in Bradburn Village, Westminster and they love it--we are friends and do stuff all the time. Thanks City Data for bringing me a fun, nice new neighbor!

[Katiana]

As for the schooling, Superior is definitely better with all schools rated at 'excellent' whereas some Louisville Schools are from 'average' to 'excellent'.

I really disagree that this means the Superior schools are "definitely better". For one thing, Superior only has two schools, no high school; Louisville has five including a high school, so it's a bigger town with more diversity.

[unbrand]

Superior has 3 elementary, if you include Monarch K-8 which is in Louisville but depending on your address in Superior, you can go to Monarch K-8. Yes there is no high school in Superior, but all the kids there go to Monarch High (excellent) in Louisville, so it does not make any difference. The rating itself does not indicate the overall quality of a school. But it is a good benchmark for at least the academic quality. You have of course so many factors to consider. For instance, Fireside Elementary in Louisville is an excellent small school with a rating of just 'good'. So, I do not think the rating is the most important indicator. It really depend on your priority. In general, however, the rating pretty much tells a lot about how the school is being operated. Some schools in Louisville are not desirable academically. In that sense, if all the schools in Superior got excellent ratings, it could be a safe choice. That's was what I meant to say.

[Katiana]

I do not think any of the schools in Louisville are "academically undesirable". Fireside is a magnet school for ESL in the area, so it has very different demographics than some of the other area schools. And while true that kids from Superior go to Monarch K-8, the school itself is in Louisville and many Louisville kids go there, too, including the students from Fireside. Ditto, MHS. In fact, the majority of kids at MHS are from Louisville, as it is larger than Superior.