Karval Elementary School

Karval Elementary School is a very small elementary-level community in KARVAL, Colorado, run under Karval School District No. Re 23. The school enrolls 13 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 97% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Karval Elementary School is one of 2 schools operated by Karval School District No. Re 23, a district that instructs 29 students overall.

Demographically, Karval Elementary School logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 8% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Karval Elementary School logs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lincoln County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $62,861 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Karval Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Lincoln County (combined enrollment of about 700 students).

The closest other public school is Karval Junior-Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away.

Karval Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 59%: 32 students in 2018 compared to 13 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 100% to 92%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 5.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.