Crested Butte Elementary School

Crested Butte Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 310 students in grades K-5 in Crested Butte, Colorado, which is part of the Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J. The school consistently outperforms the district and state averages in standardized test scores, with 60.3% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 52.3% proficient or better in Math, compared to 44.9% and 33.7% for the district, respectively.

Crested Butte Elementary School's 5th-grade students particularly excel, with 75.4% proficient or better in CMAS/Science, compared to 53.8% for the district and 39% for the state. The school also has a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 8.54% to 21.29% over the past few years, and a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.9 to 14.7 over the past three years.

While the school's academic performance is impressive, there are some areas that warrant further investigation. The significant performance gap between the school's male and female students is an area that could be explored, and the relatively lower performance of the school's white students compared to other subgroups is also an interesting finding. Additionally, the school's chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 27.6% to 28.7% over the past three years, is relatively high and could be an area of concern that the school may want to address.