Enrollment
143
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROARING FORK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080426001505
Carbondale Community Charter School
1505 SATANK ROAD, CARBONDALE, CO 81623 · (970) 963-9647 · Garfield County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY33-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
53 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 16 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (16).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 42.6% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Carbondale Community Charter School
Carbondale Community Charter School's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbondale Community Charter School this school | 143 | 37.1% | 54.1% |
| McClave Elementary School MC CLAVE | 126 | 42.1% | 56.6% |
| Telluride Elementary School TELLURIDE | 140 | 30.7% | N/A |
| Animas Valley Elementary School DURANGO | 185 | 37.8% | 40.8% |
| Alta Vista Charter School LAMAR | 133 | 44.4% | 52.7% |
| Buena Vista Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 194 | 35.1% | 49.0% |
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 Carbondale Community Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #230 of 931 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #364 of 940 ▼ 16 | #2 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #232 of 946 ▲ 8 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 143 | #953 of 1,056 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.1% | #623 of 983 | #14 of 15 |
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
143
+8 (+6%) vs 2020
-33% since 2000-01, when it was 212
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 143 | 13.1 | 10.9:1 | 37% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 140 | 16.1 | 8.7:1 | 30% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 16.2 | 8.5:1 | 21% (29) |
| 2020-21 | 135 | 12 | 11.3:1 | 14% (19) |
| 2017-18 | 135 | 10.6 | 12.8:1 | 14% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 134 | 13 | 10.3:1 | 9% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 135 | 11 | 12.3:1 | 13% (17) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 21 | 10.1:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carbondale Community Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (135 to 143); teachers up 24% (10.6 to 13.1).
About Carbondale Community Charter School
Federal records list Carbondale Community Charter School as an elementary school in CARBONDALE, Colorado. The school runs kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 143 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Colorado enroll about 379 students on average.
Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 is the local district for Carbondale Community Charter School. It runs 14 schools with 5,839 students.
More than half of the students at Carbondale Community Charter School are White (68%). The remaining shares are 30% Hispanic. That is in line with Garfield County, where about 69% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carbondale Community Charter School scores 45%.
Its staff includes 13.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.9 students per teacher. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 5.6 students per teacher. Roughly 37% of students at Carbondale Community Charter School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Garfield County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Carbondale Community Charter School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Colorado public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Carbondale Community Charter School, the prediction is 44.3% and the result is 54.1%.
Garfield County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $91,131, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 29 public schools in the county, enrolling about 10,790, Carbondale Community Charter School among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Bridges, is about 1.3 miles. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Carbondale Community Charter School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area. Carbondale Community Charter School operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% increase, from 135 to 143.
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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 Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1
- Glenwood Springs High SchoolHigh · 1,032 students
- Basalt Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Roaring Fork High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Glenwood Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Crystal River Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Basalt High SchoolHigh · 414 students
Other schools in CARBONDALE
- Roaring Fork High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Crystal River Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- Carbondale Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- Ross Montessori SchoolElementary · 183 students
- BridgesHigh · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Bridges1.3 mi · 68
- Ross Montessori School1.4 mi · 183
- Crystal River Elementary School1.7 mi · 445
- Carbondale Middle School1.7 mi · 362
- Roaring Fork High School2.0 mi · 472
- Riverview School6.3 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Carbondale Community Charter SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carbondale Community Charter School?
Carbondale Community Charter School enrolls approximately 143 students in grades KG-08.
Is Carbondale Community Charter School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carbondale Community Charter School is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Carbondale Community Charter School have?
Carbondale Community Charter School employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Carbondale Community Charter School?
Student demographics at Carbondale Community Charter School are roughly 68% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Carbondale Community Charter School public or private?
Carbondale Community Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.