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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2 BRUSH·NCES 080261000155

Beaver Valley Elementary School

420 GLACIER AVENUE, BRUSH, CO 80723 · (970) 842-4794 · Morgan County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Colorado public elementary schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 379
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
193 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 310837%
Grade 49332%
Grade 58931%
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
12844%
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 49% · US 43%
Hispanic
15052%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 37% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Two+
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
14048%
Female
15052%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Beaver Valley Elementary School→Brush Middle School→Brush High School
Feeds from
Thomson Primary SchoolPK–02
Based on grade levels within School District No. Re-2 Brush. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded Expectations
English Language Arts
22.0%
CO avg 44.9%
Math
25.8%
CO avg 36.1%

What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36.

Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.

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 Beaver Valley Elementary School

Beaver Valley Elementary School's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Beaver Valley Elementary School this school29066.6%20.6%
Hudson Elementary School
HUDSON
30365.0%29.7%
Grand Valley Center for Family Learning
PARACHUTE
26566.0%N/A
Linton Elementary School
FORT COLLINS
30767.4%27.8%
Kenneth P Morris Elementary School
YUMA
31064.5%28.7%
Holyoke Elementary School
HOLYOKE
28163.3%22.4%
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 Beaver Valley Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ColoradoIn Morgan County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
20.6%#756 of 931#3 of 6
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
25.8%#604 of 940#3 of 6
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
22.0%#788 of 946#5 of 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
290#744 of 1,056#7 of 9
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
20.4:1#871 of 896#8 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
53.7%#348 of 896#2 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
66.6%#298 of 983#4 of 9
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-14.2%#397 of 664N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
290
-16 (-5%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2529014.320.4:167% (193)
2023-243001717.6:169% (208)
2022-2330124.512.3:163% (191)
2020-213062512.2:162% (189)
2017-1833825.313.4:166% (224)
2015-164312716.0:164% (277)
2010-113482315.1:158% (203)
2000-014853115.7:154% (263)
1990-913292115.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beaver Valley Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 14% (338 to 290); teachers down 44% (25.3 to 14.3).

About Beaver Valley Elementary School

In BRUSH, Colorado, Beaver Valley Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school had 290 students in grades 3 through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.

School District No. Re-2 Brush has a total of 4 schools and 1,420 students, Beaver Valley Elementary School among them.

Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Beaver Valley Elementary School. Other students are 44% White. That is higher than the 38% Hispanic share among all Morgan County residents. By the diversity index, Beaver Valley Elementary School comes in at 54%.

With 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Beaver Valley Elementary School was 20.4:1. Among elementary schools in Colorado, the typical ratio is 16.6:1. Beaver Valley Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 67%. It compares with 56% for public schools in Morgan County.

The allk12 Grade for Beaver Valley Elementary School is D. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Beaver Valley Elementary School is 5.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 20.6% actual, 26.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.

County data help place the school in context: in Morgan County, median household income is about $73,278, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Beaver Valley Elementary School is among the 19 public schools in Morgan County.

Brush Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Beaver Valley Elementary School is 1st among 5 schools close by.

For locale, NCES codes Beaver Valley Elementary School as Town: Remote.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 306 to 290. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 20.4:1, from 12.2:1.

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Morgan County at a glance

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Population
29,520
Census ACS
Median income
$73,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,039 students

Quick facts

School name
Beaver Valley Elementary School
District
School District No. Re-2 Brush
Address
420 GLACIER AVENUE, BRUSH, CO 80723
Phone
(970) 842-4794
County
Morgan County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
03–05
Total enrollment
290
Teachers (FTE)
14
Student–teacher ratio
20.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
193 (67%)
Locale
33-Town: Remote
NCES ID
080261000155
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Beaver Valley Elementary School
How many students attend Beaver Valley Elementary School?
Beaver Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Beaver Valley Elementary School serve?
Beaver Valley Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Beaver Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Beaver Valley Elementary School is approximately 20.4:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Beaver Valley Elementary School?
At Beaver Valley Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 52% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Beaver Valley Elementary School public or private?
Beaver Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by School District No. Re-2 Brush.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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