Granby Elementary School

Granby Elementary School serves 366 students in grades PK–5 in the mountain community of Granby, CO, and is part of the well-regarded East Grand School District No. 2. However, the school currently holds a 2-star rating and ranks in the 31st percentile statewide, placing it well below both its district and the state average.

The most striking finding is how wide the achievement gap is compared to Fraser Valley Elementary School, a school in the same district just 12 miles away. In 2025–2026, only 38.7% of Granby students were proficient in English Language Arts and just 20.1% in math, compared to 55.1% and 48.5% at Fraser Valley. The math gap is especially concerning — Granby's 4th grade math proficiency was just 13.8%, versus 43.3% at Fraser Valley. Granby also serves a more economically disadvantaged population (39.1% qualifying for free or reduced lunch vs. 22.6%) and has higher chronic absenteeism (28.9% vs. 22.9%), both of which are important context for families to understand.

There are some encouraging signs: chronic absenteeism improved slightly from 31.8% to 28.9%, the student-teacher ratio is a reasonable 12.1, and the school has stabilized after a difficult 2023–2024 year. Still, math proficiency remains critically low and science scores have been volatile, swinging from above-average to well below average in recent years. With roughly three in ten students chronically absent and proficiency rates lagging across nearly every subject and grade, Granby appears to need targeted support in math, stronger attendance efforts, and a focus on student engagement to reverse its decade-long decline.