Summary:
The Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 serves approximately 5,839 students across 14 schools in Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley, spanning elementary through high school grades with seven elementary schools (including three K-8 schools), three middle schools, and four high schools. The district ranks 54th of 115 Colorado districts, placing it at the 53rd percentile with a 3-star rating.
The Carbondale area is the district's standout region. Carbondale Community Charter School posts the best overall elementary test scores in the district with 54.3% ELA and 42.6% math proficiency, while also having the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 13.9%. Sopris Elementary School is the district's math powerhouse, reaching 48.6% math proficiency, far exceeding the district average of 31.5%. Roaring Fork High School is the top-performing comprehensive high school, surpassing state averages on SAT Reading/Writing, SAT Math, and science. Carbondale Middle School is the strongest traditional middle school with 36.2% math proficiency, and Crystal River Elementary School showed strong momentum, jumping from the 23rd to 37th percentile in a single year.
Not every school is thriving. Riverview School and Glenwood Springs Elementary School are the district's lowest-ranked schools at the 20th and 24th percentiles, respectively, with math proficiency below 27%. Bridges, an alternative high school, faces significant challenges with 87.9% chronic absenteeism and a 24.7% dropout rate. Basalt High School also struggles, with a 3.2% dropout rate that is double the district rate. Math remains a district-wide concern, as only two elementary schools exceed state proficiency. However, attendance is slightly better than the state average, and Two Rivers Community School and Basalt Middle School have both shown meaningful improvement in recent years. For parents, focusing on attendance and math support at the district's lowest-performing schools could yield significant gains.
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