Crystal River Elementary School

Crystal River Elementary School operates as a mid-sized primary school in CARBONDALE, Colorado, part of Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1. Current enrollment sits at 445 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 14 schools in Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 (5,839 students total), Crystal River Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Crystal River Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 45% Hispanic. By comparison, Garfield County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Garfield County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Crystal River Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.9%; this one comes in at 25.4%, -16.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Garfield County shows median household income runs about $91,131, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Garfield County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,790 students), of which Crystal River Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carbondale Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Crystal River Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crystal River Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

Crystal River Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 455 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 54% across the same window.

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