Beaver Valley Elementary School

Located at 420 GLACIER AVENUE, in BRUSH, Colorado, Beaver Valley Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary-level community that teaches 290 students (grades 3 through 5), run under School District No. Re-2 Brush. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 23% below typical.

Beaver Valley Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by School District No. Re-2 Brush, a district that hosts 1,420 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beaver Valley Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 44% White. By comparison, Morgan County as a whole is about 38% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Beaver Valley Elementary School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at Beaver Valley Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Morgan County's rate of about 56%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Beaver Valley Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 26.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.6%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Morgan County) reports that median household earnings sit near $73,278, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morgan County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,039 students), Beaver Valley Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Brush Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beaver Valley Elementary School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 19.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Beaver Valley Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 338 (now 290). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.