School district · Colorado
Byers School District No. 32J
Byers School District No. 32J in Colorado: 10 public schools with 6,853 students and 41.1 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $9,939 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 6,853
- Students per teacher
- 41.1
- CO 16.2 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $9,939
- CO $15.8K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 167
- Counselors (FTE)
- 2.5
- Students per counselor
- 2,741
- CO 246 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 2.0
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%41%proficient
+6.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 61% of school districts in Colorado
Median 36% · 169 school districts compared
237 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%34%proficient
+7.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 68% of school districts in Colorado
Median 28% · 165 school districts compared
232 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 1.6% · $1.2M
- State
- 87% · $62.8M
- Local
- 11% · $8M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,218
- Support services
- $2,645
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $3.9M
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Astravo Online Academy Elementary SchoolFully virtual | Pre-K–5 | 645 | 41.4 | — | — |
Byers Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 275 | 18.0 | 54% | 48% |
Colorado Virtual AcademyFully virtual | K–6 | 493 | 50.4 | 25% | — |
Astravo Online Academy Middle SchoolFully virtual | 6–8 | 762 | 37.2 | 15% | — |
Colorado Online Middle SchoolFully virtual | 6–8 | 211 | 63.4 | — | — |
Colorado Virtual Academy Middle SchoolFully virtual | 7–8 | 170 | 36.0 | — | — |
Astravo Online Academy High SchoolFully virtual | 9–12 | 2,750 | 44.5 | — | — |
Byers Junior-Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 235 | 22.6 | 30% | — |
Colorado Online High SchoolFully virtual | 9–12 | 539 | 58.0 | — | — |
Colorado Virtual Academy High SchoolFully virtual | 9–12 | 773 | 48.0 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 444 East Front Street, Byers, CO 80103
- Phone
- (303)822-5292
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.