Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 16·NCES 080438000630
Bea Underwood Elementary School
0741 TAMARISK TRAIL, PARACHUTE, CO 81635 · (970) 285-5703 · Garfield County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
269 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 106 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 27% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Garfield County School District 16. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
11.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
7.1%
CO avg 36.1%
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 7.1% |
| 2023-24 | 11.9% | N/A |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bea Underwood Elementary School
Bea Underwood Elementary School's state test result (11.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bea Underwood Elementary School this school | 390 | 69.0% | 11.2% |
| Thomson Primary School BRUSH | 452 | 66.8% | N/A |
| Stevens Elementary School WHEAT RIDGE | 469 | 65.9% | 19.9% |
| Pomona Elementary School MONTROSE | 335 | 67.5% | 27.2% |
| Olathe Elementary School OLATHE | 424 | 68.6% | 26.4% |
| Liberty Point Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 451 | 65.2% | 28.6% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bea Underwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #909 of 931 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #913 of 940 | #14 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #924 of 946 ▼ 13 | #14 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #457 of 1,056 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #322 of 896 | #7 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #354 of 896 | #1 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.0% | #276 of 983 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.6% | #110 of 200 | #4 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
+50 (+15%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 213
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 390 | 26.6 | 14.7:1 | 69% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 72% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 62% (227) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 20 | 17.0:1 | 69% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 359 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 62% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 61% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 17 | 14.1:1 | 54% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 27 | 19.4:1 | 40% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 14 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bea Underwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (359 to 390); teachers up 16% (23 to 26.6).
About Bea Underwood Elementary School
Bea Underwood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in PARACHUTE, Colorado. Enrolled students number 390 students, in grades 2 through 5.
The Garfield County School District 16 system has 4 schools and 1,212 students.
By race and ethnicity, Bea Underwood Elementary School is 50% White. Other reported shares: 46% Hispanic. That compares with about 69% White among all Garfield County residents. Bea Underwood Elementary School has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.7:1, with 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 69% of enrollment. It compares with 50% for public schools in Garfield County.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Bea Underwood Elementary School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Bea Underwood Elementary School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Colorado. Predicted: 24.9%. Actual: 11.2%.
Bea Underwood Elementary School is located in Garfield County, where median household income is about $91,131, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Bea Underwood Elementary School is one of 29 public schools in Garfield County, which together enroll about 10,790 students.
The nearest public school is Grand Valley High School, at about 1.0 miles. Bea Underwood Elementary School has 3 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 24.5%, higher than Bea Underwood Elementary School's 11.2%.
In the federal locale system, Bea Underwood Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 340 to 390. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.7:1.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield County School District 16
- Grand Valley High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Grand Valley Center for Family LearningElementary · 265 students
- Grand Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- Bea Underwood Pre-SchoolCombined
Other schools in PARACHUTE
- Grand Valley High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Grand Valley Center for Family LearningElementary · 265 students
- Grand Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 264 students
- Bea Underwood Pre-SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Grand Valley High School1.0 mi · 293
- Grand Valley Center for Family Learning1.7 mi · 265
- Grand Valley Middle School1.9 mi · 264
- De Beque PK-12 School District 49JT10.9 mi · 179
- Grand Mesa High School13.7 mi · 55
- Plateau Valley High School13.8 mi · 65
Frequently asked questions
About Bea Underwood Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bea Underwood Elementary School?
Bea Underwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades 02-05.
Is Bea Underwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bea Underwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many students per teacher at Bea Underwood Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Bea Underwood Elementary School.
How diverse is Bea Underwood Elementary School?
Bea Underwood Elementary School reports a student body of 50% White, 46% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Bea Underwood Elementary School in?
Bea Underwood Elementary School is part of Garfield County School District 16.
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