NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Carbondale, CO

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6 public K-12 schools in Carbondale from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
1,673
Students
46.7/100
Avg Resource Index
14.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Carbondale has more public-school enrollment than 8% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Carbondale sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Carbondale's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Governance mix is central to a fair comparison

2 of 6 listed Carbondale campuses are reported as charters, so district-run and charter records occupy substantial shares of the same city view. They may follow different governance, enrollment, and program structures even when their mailing city matches. The 29-point gap between Bridges and Roaring Fork High School should be read within that context, not as a single-system league table. Check charter status and district affiliation before comparing two nearby schools, and verify current admissions rules with the operator.

City enrollment
Top 92%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
77th percentile
Teacher staffing
63rd percentile

Roaring Fork High School accounts for 28.2% of all Carbondale public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Carbondale-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Carbondale school enrollment varies 6.9× across entities

Carbondale school enrollment ranges from 68 students (lowest) to 472 students (highest), a spread of 404 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Carbondale student-teacher ratio is 14.3:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Carbondale is typically wider than the Carbondale-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Carbondale's 6 listed schools are charters

33% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Bridges 62
2. Carbondale Community Charter School 52
3. Crystal River Elementary School 50
4. Carbondale Middle School 45
5. Ross Montessori School 38
6. Roaring Fork High School 33

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Carbondale

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Ross Montessori School 55.0/100
  2. 2 Carbondale Middle School 54.8/100
  3. 3 Roaring Fork High School 54.7/100
  4. 4 Crystal River Elementary School 51.0/100
  5. 5 Carbondale Community Charter School 44.9/100

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Which Carbondale school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bridges has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Carbondale schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Carbondale, CO? ▼

Carbondale has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,673 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.