Bea Underwood Elementary School

Set in PARACHUTE, Colorado, Bea Underwood Elementary School is an average-sized primary school, run under Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi. It teaches 390 students across grades 2 through 5.

Across the 4 schools in Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi (1,212 students total), Bea Underwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bea Underwood Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 46% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, On paper, Bea Underwood Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Garfield County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bea Underwood Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 24.9%; actual is 11.2%, a gap of -13.8 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Garfield County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $91,131 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Garfield County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), of which Bea Underwood Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Grand Valley High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bea Underwood Elementary School at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 24.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Bea Underwood Elementary School's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 359 (now 390). Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 46% across the same window.

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