Schools in Catherine · Roaring Fork School District RE-1
Catherine’s public schools beat 60% of Colorado districts
The public schools Catherine’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
3%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
39%
▼ 8 pts vs CO 47%
2020–21
Math proficiency
28%
▼ 2 pts vs CO 30%
2020–21
Graduate on time
85%
▲ 3 pts vs CO 82%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$18.3K
▲ 15% vs CO $15.9K
FY2024
Schools
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The School Grade
How Catherine compares
B Test scoresB− Graduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 60%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (35)Better than 3%
High confidence. Built on 1,381 tested students and a graduating class of 471; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Colorado only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Catherine.
5 schools teach Pre-K in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Basalt Elementary School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Crystal River Elementary School and Sopris Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach K in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Basalt Elementary School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Crystal River Elementary School and Sopris Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 1st grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Basalt Elementary School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Crystal River Elementary School and Sopris Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 2nd grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Basalt Elementary School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Crystal River Elementary School and Sopris Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 3rd grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Basalt Elementary School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Crystal River Elementary School and Sopris Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 4th grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Basalt Elementary School, Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Crystal River Elementary School and Sopris Elementary School and more.
5 schools teach 5th grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Glenwood Springs Elementary School, Sopris Elementary School, Riverview School and Basalt Middle School and more.
4 schools teach 6th grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Riverview School, Glenwood Springs Middle School, Basalt Middle School and Carbondale Middle School.
4 schools teach 7th grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Riverview School, Glenwood Springs Middle School, Basalt Middle School and Carbondale Middle School.
4 schools teach 8th grade in Catherine’s district. Which one depends on your address: Riverview School, Glenwood Springs Middle School, Basalt Middle School and Carbondale Middle School.
The path, start to finish
PK–85 schoolsDepends on your address
84 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your address
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading39%
State average 47%
Math28%
State average 30.4%
Every school in Catherine
1 school. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Also serving Catherine · in other towns
Basalt Elementary School
C+539 students14:1Rate it →
Glenwood Springs Elementary School
D452 students11:1Rate it →
Crystal River Elementary School
C−445 students12:1Rate it →
Sopris Elementary School
B392 students15:1Rate it →
Riverview School
C383 students14:1Rate it →
Glenwood Springs Middle School
C380 students14:1Rate it →
Basalt Middle School
C+367 students13:1Rate it →
Carbondale Middle School
B362 students15:1Rate it →
Glenwood Springs High School
A−1,032 students18:1Rate it →
Roaring Fork High School
B+472 students17:1Rate it →
Basalt High School
A−414 students16:1Rate it →
Private & other
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Within reach
Colleges →Colleges near Catherine
There’s no college in Catherine, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, 13.7 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Catherine. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Colorado. Stars are from neighbors.