Summary:
Byers School District No. 32J, ranked 85th out of 115 Colorado districts, operates three virtual middle schools serving grades 6–8: Astravo Online Academy Middle School, Colorado Online Middle School, and Colorado Virtual Academy Middle School, all sharing the same physical address in Byers, Colorado.
Colorado Virtual Academy Middle School is the strongest academic performer of the three, with the highest ELA proficiency (24%), the highest math proficiency (14.9%), and the better state ranking at 388 out of 469. Colorado Online Middle School stands out for attendance and science: its chronic absenteeism rate of 2.8% is far below the district (9.9%) and state (28.4%), and its science proficiency (22.2%) is the only rate in the group to exceed the district average. Astravo Online Academy Middle School has the largest enrollment at 762 students, more than triple the others, but its test scores are the lowest in nearly every category, including just 3.4% math proficiency and 12.8% ELA.
Every school in this district falls below state averages in ELA, math, and science, and all three rank in the bottom quartile of Colorado middle schools. Math is the most pressing concern: even the best school, Colorado Virtual Academy, shows only 14.9% proficiency versus the state's 37.3%. Encouragingly, chronic absenteeism is not an issue across these virtual schools, and eighth-grade ELA proficiency is higher than school-wide ELA at every school, suggesting students may improve during middle school. Dropout rates were reported at 0.0% for all three schools in 2021–2022. The lack of free/reduced lunch data limits analysis, but the overall picture shows virtual schools with healthy attendance yet serious academic challenges, especially in math.
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