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Which teacher or staff member at Crystal River Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 392 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROARING FORK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-1·NCES 080426001540
Crystal River Elementary School
160 SNOWMASS DRIVE, CARBONDALE, CO 81623 · (970) 384-5620 · Garfield County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% 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.
- FBeats 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
12.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
182 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
51%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
26.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
21.7%
CO avg 36.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.7% | 21.7% |
| 2023-24 | 28.7% | 25.5% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Crystal River Elementary School
Crystal River Elementary School's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal River Elementary School this school | 445 | 40.9% | 25.4% |
| Cactus Valley Elementary School SILT | 462 | 41.1% | 32.7% |
| Sopris Elementary School GLENWOOD SPRINGS | 392 | 42.6% | 41.3% |
| Highland Elementary School PIERCE | 443 | 36.6% | 24.6% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 458 | 39.5% | 47.1% |
| Little Raven Elementary School LITTLETON | 475 | 40.2% | 43.9% |
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 Crystal River Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #672 of 931 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #680 of 940 ▼ 82 | #10 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #709 of 946 ▼ 39 | #10 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #334 of 1,056 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #77 of 896 | #2 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #424 of 896 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.9% | #572 of 983 | #12 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #627 of 664 | N/A |
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
445
+115 (+35%) vs 2020
+102% since 2000-01, when it was 220
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 445 | 35.9 | 12.4:1 | 41% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 34.9 | 12.8:1 | 44% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 31.6 | 13.2:1 | 32% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 330 | 32 | 10.3:1 | 38% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 34.7 | 13.1:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 53% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 62% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 220 | 13 | 16.9:1 | 25% (55) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crystal River Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (455 to 445); teachers up 3% (34.7 to 35.9).
About Crystal River Elementary School
Crystal River Elementary School is a public elementary school in CARBONDALE, Colorado. The student body numbers 445 students, from pre-K through 4.
Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 enrolls 5,839 students in 14 schools, including Crystal River Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Crystal River Elementary School is 54% White. After that, the student body is 45% Hispanic. Census figures show Garfield County is about 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Crystal River Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
The school employs the equivalent of 35.9 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Crystal River Elementary School is 41%. Public schools in Garfield County average 50%.
allk12 grades Crystal River Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Colorado public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Crystal River Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.9%. The school's actual rate is 25.4%, 16.6 points lower.
Garfield County has about 62,479 residents, and median household income is about $91,131, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Garfield County number 29 and enroll about 10,790.
The school nearest to Crystal River Elementary School is Carbondale Middle School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Crystal River Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 35%, from 330 to 445. By 2024-25, the school had 12.4 students per teacher, compared with 10.3 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Basalt High SchoolHigh · 414 students
- Sopris Elementary SchoolElementary · 392 students
Other schools in CARBONDALE
- Roaring Fork High SchoolHigh · 472 students
- Carbondale Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- Ross Montessori SchoolElementary · 183 students
- Carbondale Community Charter SchoolElementary · 143 students
- BridgesHigh · 68 students
Nearby schools
- Carbondale Middle School0.2 mi · 362
- Bridges0.4 mi · 68
- Ross Montessori School0.4 mi · 183
- Roaring Fork High School0.4 mi · 472
- Carbondale Community Charter School1.7 mi · 143
- Riverview School7.9 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Crystal River Elementary SchoolHow large is Crystal River Elementary School?
Crystal River Elementary School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Crystal River Elementary School serve?
Crystal River Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Crystal River Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Crystal River Elementary School.
How diverse is Crystal River Elementary School?
Crystal River Elementary School reports a student body of 54% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Crystal River Elementary School public or private?
Crystal River Elementary School is a public K-12 school, 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.