Elementary · Colorado

Colorado Virtual Academy

Fully virtual

Colorado Virtual Academy, a public elementary school in Byers, Colorado: grades k–6, 493 students, 50.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Byers School District No. 32J.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 493
Teachers (FTE): 9.8
Students per teacher: 50.4
Grades: K–6; Elementary

More students per teacher than 100% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 100% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 76% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Larger than 65% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

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%

25%proficient

−7.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 78% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 43% · 971 elementary schools compared

16 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

Not published: too few students tested.

16 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.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Fully virtual
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Byers School District No. 32J

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Byers School District No. 32J.

Location

Address: 444 E Front Street, Byers, CO 80103
Phone: (720)713-1934
City or town: Byers
County: Arapahoe County

Quality of life in Byers Schools in Byers

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Astravo Online Academy Elementary SchoolFully virtual	Pre-K–5	645	41.4	—	—	0.0 mi
Byers Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	275	18.0	54%	48%	0.0 mi
Strasburg Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	544	16.5	32%	37%	6.1 mi
Bennett Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–2	251	16.1	—	—	11.5 mi
Bennett Intermediate School	3–5	256	16.6	30%	22%	11.6 mi
Deer Trail Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	174	15.1	13%	14%	11.6 mi

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.

Sources

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).
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.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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