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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOOL DISTRICT 27J·NCES 080258001948
Belle Creek Charter School
9290 EAST 107TH AVENUE, HENDERSON, CO 80640 · (303) 468-0160 · Adams County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
68.1:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
287 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 63 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 19% smaller than its 8th grade class (62).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
28.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
25.9%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 28 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. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 25.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.7% | 25.6% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
519
-115 (-18%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
68.1:1
was 30.2:1
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 | 519 | 7.6 | 68.1:1 | 55% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 9.2 | 60.9:1 | 58% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 571 | 31.6 | 18.1:1 | 50% (285) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 21 | 30.2:1 | 32% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 14.8 | 44.8:1 | 44% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 32 | 22.1:1 | 36% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 35% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belle Creek Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (662 to 519); teachers down 48% (14.8 to 7.6).
About Belle Creek Charter School
Belle Creek Charter School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of HENDERSON, Colorado. The school covers kindergarten through 8 and reported 519 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 37% bigger than the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado.
The district, School District 27J, has 24,044 students enrolled across 33 schools.
More than half of the students at Belle Creek Charter School are Hispanic (66%). Other reported shares: 20% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 43% Hispanic among all Adams County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
For every teacher at Belle Creek Charter School, there are about 68.1 students; the school has 7.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 55%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Belle Creek Charter School outscored 17%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.2%.
For the population of Adams County, median household income comes to about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Adams County counts 171 public schools with about 87,938 students.
A public school about 1.8 miles away, John W Thimmig Elementary School, is the closest to Belle Creek Charter School. Belle Creek Charter School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Belle Creek Charter School ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Belle Creek Charter School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small). NCES lists Belle Creek Charter School as a charter school.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 519, from 634 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 30.2:1 in 2020-21, and 68.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
530,225
Census ACS
Median income
$94,571
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
171
87,938 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in School District 27J
- Colorado Connections @ 27JCombined · 2,042 students
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Riverdale Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,784 students
- Brighton High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Bromley East Charter SchoolElementary · 1,214 students
- Rodger Quist Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in HENDERSON
- Prairie View High SchoolHigh · 1,809 students
- Prairie View Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- John W Thimmig Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
Nearby schools
- John W Thimmig Elementary School1.8 mi · 531
- Turnberry Elementary2.4 mi · 742
- Riverdale Elementary School2.5 mi · 372
- Glacier Peak Elementary School2.6 mi · 412
- Cherry Drive Elementary School2.7 mi · 325
- Prairie View High School2.7 mi · 1,809
Frequently asked questions
About Belle Creek Charter SchoolHow many students attend Belle Creek Charter School?
Belle Creek Charter School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades KG-08.
Is Belle Creek Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Belle Creek Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Belle Creek Charter School have?
Belle Creek Charter School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 68.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belle Creek Charter School?
At Belle Creek Charter School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 66% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Belle Creek Charter School in?
Belle Creek Charter School is part of School District 27J.
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