Enrollment
99
Combined
STATE 523
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHUNE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. R- 5·NCES 080246000095
Bethune Public Schools
145 WEST 3RD, BETHUNE, CO 80805 · (719) 346-7513 · Kit Carson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL99 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Colorado public K-12 schools
- DTest 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
13 FTE teachers
STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
71 students
STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 6 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 2 | 2 | 2% |
| Grade 3 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 7 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 6 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 7 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 7 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 7 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 16 | 16% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
15.0%
CO avg 44.9% . -9.4pp since 2023
Math
12.2%
CO avg 36.1% . -9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 22.0% |
% 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Bethune Public Schools
Bethune Public Schools's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune Public Schools this school | 99 | 71.7% | 18.4% |
| Mountain Valley School SAGUACHE | 105 | 76.2% | 21.5% |
| Branson School BRANSON | 67 | 62.7% | N/A |
| Holly School HOLLY | 276 | 64.1% | 26.4% |
| De Beque PK-12 School District 49JT DE BEQUE | 179 | 63.7% | 21.2% |
| Sierra Grande K-12 School BLANCA | 307 | 79.2% | 25.3% |
Matched among Colorado K-12 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 Bethune Public Schools ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 99 | #22 of 38 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
99
-6 (-6%) vs 2020
+183% since 1990-91, when it was 35
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 8.1:1
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 | 99 | 12.7 | 7.8:1 | 72% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 110 | 13.6 | 8.1:1 | 84% (92) |
| 2022-23 | 108 | 14.4 | 7.5:1 | 66% (71) |
| 2020-21 | 105 | 13 | 8.1:1 | 74% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 112 | 13.8 | 8.1:1 | 77% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 113 | 14 | 8.1:1 | 73% (83) |
| 2010-11 | 56 | 6 | 9.3:1 | 59% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 76 | 8 | 9.5:1 | 46% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 35 | 7 | 5.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethune Public Schools.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (112 to 99); teachers down 8% (13.8 to 12.7).
About Bethune Public Schools
BETHUNE, Colorado, is home to Bethune Public Schools, a small combined-grade school. The grade span is pre-K through 12, and enrollment is 99 students. An average school in this group (combined schools in Colorado) has about 523 students.
Bethune Public Schools falls under Bethune School District No. R- 5.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Bethune Public Schools is Hispanic (48%). Other groups make up 46% White and 5% multiracial. Kit Carson County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Bethune Public Schools has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Bethune Public Schools is 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 7.8:1. That ratio is under the 14.3:1 average for combined schools in Colorado. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. Public schools in Kit Carson County average 54%.
Bethune Public Schools is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of Colorado public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bethune Public Schools is 4.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (18.4% versus 23.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
Kit Carson County has about 7,023 residents, and median household income is about $70,259, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Kit Carson County number 9 and enroll about 1,342.
The nearest other public school, Burlington Middle School, is about 7.6 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within ten miles of Bethune Public Schools. On state test proficiency, Bethune Public Schools ranks 7th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Remote. That means it sits in rural territory far from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 99, 6% below the 105 of 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Bethune Public Schools covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Kit Carson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,023
Census ACS
Median income
$70,259
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
1,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Burlington Middle School7.6 mi · 206
- Burlington High School8.3 mi · 216
- Burlington Elementary School8.7 mi · 320
- Stratton Elementary School9.2 mi · 101
- Stratton Senior High School9.3 mi · 64
- Stratton Middle School9.3 mi · 54
Frequently asked questions
About Bethune Public SchoolsWhat is the total enrollment at Bethune Public Schools?
Bethune Public Schools enrolls approximately 99 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Bethune Public Schools serve?
Bethune Public Schools serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Bethune Public Schools?
Approximately 7.8:1 students per teacher at Bethune Public Schools.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bethune Public Schools?
At Bethune Public Schools, the student body is approximately 46% White, 48% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bethune Public Schools in?
Bethune Public Schools is part of Bethune School District No. R- 5.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.