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Colorado Virtual Academy
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 90 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 48% smaller than its 6th grade class (90).
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsWhat this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Colorado average is about 45 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 15.4% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 493 | 9.8 | 50.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 6.5 | 62.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 5.4 | 48.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 6 | 74.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 5.7 | 89.3:1 | 31% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 9 | 55.1:1 | 15% (74) |
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (508 to 493); teachers up 72% (5.7 to 9.8).
About Colorado Virtual Academy
Colorado Virtual Academy, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in BYERS, Colorado. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 493 students enrolled. That is 30% above the average of about 379 students for elementary schools in Colorado.
Colorado Virtual Academy is among 10 schools run by Byers School District No. 32J, which serves 6,853 students.
The student body at Colorado Virtual Academy has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. Other groups include 40% Hispanic and 8% Black. The county population is about 59% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Colorado Virtual Academy has a student-to-teacher ratio of 50.4:1, with 9.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1.
In Arapahoe County, the median household earns about $101,087 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Arapahoe County, 176 public schools serve about 115,502 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates Colorado Virtual Academy from the closest public school, Colorado Virtual Academy High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area. Colorado Virtual Academy is classified as a virtual school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 447 to 493, a 10% rise. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (50.4:1) than in 2020-21 (74.5:1).
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