Carbondale Community Charter School

Carbondale Community Charter School is a very small elementary campus in CARBONDALE, Colorado, overseen by Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1. The school educates 143 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Carbondale Community Charter School sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 5,839 students. Carbondale Community Charter School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Carbondale Community Charter School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 30% Hispanic. Compared to Garfield County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Carbondale Community Charter School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Carbondale Community Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Garfield County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carbondale Community Charter School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Garfield County put median household earnings sit near $91,131, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Garfield County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), of which Carbondale Community Charter School is one.

Bridges is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carbondale Community Charter School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. Carbondale Community Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 135 students in 2018 compared to 143 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 16% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.