Cactus Valley Elementary School

Summary:

Cactus Valley Elementary School is a public elementary school in Silt, Colorado, serving 463 students in grades PK-5 and part of the Garfield School District No. Re-2, which is ranked 90 out of 116 districts in the state.

While Cactus Valley Elementary has a higher percentage of White students (58.75%) compared to the surrounding schools, which range from 19.38% to 57.84% White, the school's academic performance consistently ranks in the bottom half of Colorado elementary schools, with proficiency rates in CMAS/English Language Arts (39.3%), CMAS/Math (24.5%), and CMAS/Science (30.8%) all falling below state averages. The school's female, male, White, and low socioeconomic status (SES) student subgroups have also performed poorly, ranking in the bottom half or quarter of Colorado elementary schools in their respective categories.

Despite Cactus Valley Elementary's relatively low student-teacher ratio and moderate free/reduced lunch rate, the school's persistent challenges in academic achievement, including potential racial and socioeconomic disparities, suggest the need for targeted interventions and support to improve outcomes for all students. The fact that the school is part of the lower-performing Garfield School District No. Re-2 may also contribute to the school's overall challenges, as district-level factors can influence individual school performance.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 222 Grand Avenue
       Silt, CO  81652-9314


(970) 665-7850

District: Garfield School District No. Re-2

SchoolDigger Rank:
579th of 943 Colorado Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,476 Help


Students who attend Cactus Valley Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Riverside School
High:    Coal Ridge High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.9 Help
Number of students:  463

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.7%
Hispanic:
39.7%
Two or more races:
1.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  33.3% Help


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Compare Details Cactus Valley Elementary School ranks worse than 61.4% of elementary schools in Colorado. It also ranks 2nd among 6 ranked elementary schools in the Garfield School District No. Re-2. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 32.92. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Cactus Valley Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Garfield School District No. Re-2.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cactus Valley Elementary School is $13,476. 4 elementary schools in the Garfield School District No. Re-2 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cactus Valley Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cactus Valley Elementary School 579th of 943 Colorado public elementary schools. (See Cactus Valley Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Garfield School District No. Re-2:

SchoolDigger ranks Garfield School District No. Re-2 90th of 116 Colorado school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cactus Valley Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Cactus Valley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 71.33 241st 808 70.2%
2005 62.67 337th 823 59.1%
2006 64.24 326th 829 60.7%
2007 58.11 396th 852 53.5%
2008 54.88 425th 849 49.9%
2009 46.26 509th 872 41.6%
2010 52.02 499th 925 46.1%
2011 64.32 355th 935 62.0%
2012 71.99 260th 935 72.2%
2013 63.91 358th 954 62.5%
2014 65.40 328th 962 65.9%
2015 50.38 425th 938 54.7%
2016 32.94 584th 914 36.1%
2017 43.67 470th 929 49.4%
2018 43.17 489th 917 46.7%
2019 56.88 390th 965 59.6%
2021 35.06 484th 710 31.8%
2022 33.97 580th 921 37.0%
2023 26.08 653rd 933 30.0%
2024 32.92 579th 943 38.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cactus Valley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 62.99 94th 332 71.7%
2021 39.58 55th 75 26.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Cactus Valley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.58 504th 690 27.0%
2019 48.50 363rd 758 52.1%
2021 26.97 301st 351 14.2%
2022 27.39 436th 595 26.7%
2023 21.61 500th 642 22.1%
2024 23.37 525th 684 23.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Cactus Valley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.04 366th 693 47.2%
2019 51.92 332nd 764 56.5%
2021 25.67 301st 352 14.5%
2022 26.27 424th 594 28.6%
2023 24.83 479th 649 26.2%
2024 27.20 472nd 683 30.9%
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Rank History for White students at Cactus Valley Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.43 231st 337 31.5%
2019 48.30 304th 596 49.0%
2021 24.53 253rd 288 12.2%
2022 23.56 382nd 454 15.9%
2023 16.38 476th 525 9.3%
2024 24.35 440th 539 18.4%
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Data source: test scores: Colorado Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Colorado Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a parent on FaceBook
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Open Quote this is my childs first year in silt, she is in 4th grade. after changing schools from the school she had been in since kindergarten she fell a little behind, im assuming new kids a new place wer some of the factors, but the fourth grade team was great about getting on top of it quick and letting me know before she was too behind to catch up.great teachers!! Close Quote


Facebook Profile Picture by a parent on FaceBook
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Open Quote I personally grew up in the RE-2 School District and have recently relocated my family back to Silt from Jefferson County. Our daughter attended Kindergarten and the 1st Quarter in the Jefferson County School District. Before she left the school we met with her teacher to better know where she was with her knowledge level. We were advised that she was below average with Reading, Writing, and Math. Based on our working with her she was doing well and we think she might have struggled with Auditory learning as I had the same problem in elementary school. We spoke with her new teacher of the report we were given and the concerns we had about the diagnosis. She was put into reading supplement classes and phonics classes to catch her up. Within a week of her attending these courses we immediately noticed an improvement in her reading and writing skills. Unlike her old school she had a book that matched her skill level, was brought home daily and has a new book every 4 days. Her old school would send a book home for 1 night that she would get at best once every other week and was very simple. We now believe that the level of books she was reading at her old school were too easy for her and now after Christmas break after 3 months in school she is at a high reading level and is doing great. Cactus Valley is great about customizing children's learning experience to bring everyone up to speed with the class. Our daughter has made vast improvements in her math through counting coins in her classroom and making wonderful strides.

Other benefits we noticed:
She also went from being in a class of over 30 to being the 19th student in her class at CV.
She now has Art and Music classes which were cut from her other school.

The only concern I have about the district in general was a recent tax hike proposition to fund the schools better that was voted down in the last election and the district is talking about closing other schools in the district. The Bus schedule is also a little delayed because of the rural area so we drive our daughter to school and back everyday. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Cactus Valley Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 204 0 0 9 0 n/a n/a 0 213
1989 220 1 0 9 1 n/a n/a 0 231
1990 247 0 0 10 2 n/a n/a 0 259
1991 277 0 2 8 2 n/a n/a 0 289
1992 310 0 2 13 0 n/a n/a 0 325
1993 315 0 2 14 0 n/a n/a 0 331
1994 295 0 2 14 0 n/a n/a 0 311
1995 308 0 6 27 1 n/a n/a 0 342
1996 308 0 6 27 1 n/a n/a 0 342
1997 299 0 5 31 12 n/a n/a 0 347
1998 279 1 1 42 10 n/a n/a 0 333
1999 296 2 1 51 11 n/a n/a 0 361
2000 317 1 2 57 10 n/a n/a 0 387
2001 254 3 1 97 7 n/a n/a 0 362
2002 253 4 3 136 4 n/a n/a 0 400
2003 253 4 3 136 4 n/a n/a 0 400
2004 217 6 3 127 4 n/a n/a 0 357
2005 235 4 4 132 2 n/a n/a 0 377
2006 222 2 5 145 6 n/a n/a 0 380
2007 261 2 5 154 7 n/a n/a 0 429
2008 263 2 4 178 9 n/a n/a 0 456
2009 250 3 6 162 10 n/a n/a 0 431
2010 262 7 4 164 5 n/a n/a 0 442
2011 257 3 2 135 9 0 5 0 411
2012 255 0 4 134 7 0 9 0 409
2013 252 0 2 119 10 0 13 0 396
2014 262 4 0 125 11 0 11 0 413
2015 242 3 1 146 1 0 9 0 402
2016 265 2 1 163 1 0 8 0 440
2017 251 1 1 153 1 0 13 0 420
2018 263 2 1 153 2 0 9 0 430
2019 302 1 1 173 0 0 12 0 489
2020 297 1 1 171 0 0 9 0 479
2021 232 0 0 168 0 0 8 0 408
2022 251 0 1 172 1 0 7 0 432
2023 272 0 1 184 0 0 6 0 463

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cactus Valley Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 213 12.4 17.1 n/a
1989 231 11.3 20.4 8.7
1990 259 12.3 21.0 8.9
1991 289 12.2 23.6 8.3
1992 325 12.8 25.3 11.7
1993 331 16.2 20.4 12.7
1994 311 17.4 17.9 14.1
1995 342 16.0 21.4 12.3
1996 342 16.0 21.4 12.3
1997 347 18.0 19.3 13.8
1998 333 17.5 19.0 18
1999 361 17.5 20.6 19.4
2000 387 22.2 17.4 23.5
2001 362 21.2 17.1 26.2
2002 400 27.0 14.8 28.3
2003 400 27.0 14.8 28.3
2004 357 22.5 15.9 35
2005 377 22.8 16.5 36.3
2006 380 23.3 16.3 36.1
2007 429 23.7 18.1 36.4
2008 456 23.9 19.1 36.6
2009 431 26.7 16.1 35.5
2010 442 25.0 17.6 41.9
2011 411 24.1 17.0 44.8
2012 409 25.3 16.1 47.2
2013 396 23.2 17.0 43.4
2014 413 22.2 18.5 52.1
2015 402 23.0 17.4 47
2016 440 25.0 17.6 45.2
2017 420 23.2 18.0 41.9
2018 430 23.0 18.6 43.3
2019 489 29.2 16.7 35.8
2020 479 29.0 16.5 33.2
2021 408 29.4 13.8 37
2022 432 29.1 14.8 31
2023 463 29.1 15.9 33.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cactus Valley Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 213 12.4 17.1 n/a
1989 231 11.3 20.4 8.7
1990 259 12.3 21.0 8.9
1991 289 12.2 23.6 8.3
1992 325 12.8 25.3 11.7
1993 331 16.2 20.4 12.7
1994 311 17.4 17.9 14.1
1995 342 16.0 21.4 12.3
1996 342 16.0 21.4 12.3
1997 347 18.0 19.3 13.8
1998 333 17.5 19.0 18
1999 361 17.5 20.6 19.4
2000 387 22.2 17.4 23.5
2001 362 21.2 17.1 26.2
2002 400 27.0 14.8 28.3
2003 400 27.0 14.8 28.3
2004 357 22.5 15.9 35
2005 377 22.8 16.5 36.3
2006 380 23.3 16.3 36.1
2007 429 23.7 18.1 36.4
2008 456 23.9 19.1 36.6
2009 431 26.7 16.1 35.5
2010 442 25.0 17.6 41.9
2011 411 24.1 17.0 44.8
2012 409 25.3 16.1 47.2
2013 396 23.2 17.0 43.4
2014 413 22.2 18.5 52.1
2015 402 23.0 17.4 47
2016 440 25.0 17.6 45.2
2017 420 23.2 18.0 41.9
2018 430 23.0 18.6 43.3
2019 489 29.2 16.7 35.8
2020 479 29.0 16.5 33.2
2021 408 29.4 13.8 37
2022 432 29.1 14.8 31
2023 463 29.1 15.9 33.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cactus Valley Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $9,793
2020 $10,066
2021 $13,033
2022 $12,778
2023 $13,476

Data source: Colorado Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cactus Valley Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 390th of 965 Elementary schoolsRanks 653rd of 933 Elementary schools
 29.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Cactus Valley Elementary School)43.231.3
 11.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Garfield School District No. Re-2)36.131.2
 4.9%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)41.339.9
 1.4%
3rd Grade Math (Cactus Valley Elementary School)49.433.8
 15.6%
   3rd Grade Math (Garfield School District No. Re-2)35.823.2
 12.6%
   3rd Grade Math (Colorado)4140.4
 0.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Cactus Valley Elementary School)52.535.7
 16.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Garfield School District No. Re-2)46.833.1
 13.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)4843.8
 4.2%
4th Grade Math (Cactus Valley Elementary School)28.817.5
 11.3%
   4th Grade Math (Garfield School District No. Re-2)20.416.8
 3.6%
   4th Grade Math (Colorado)33.632.7
 0.9%
5th Grade Science (Cactus Valley Elementary School)5028.8
 21.2%
   5th Grade Science (Garfield School District No. Re-2)31.925.1
 6.8%
   5th Grade Science (Colorado)35.933.9
 2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Cactus Valley Elementary School)51.428.4
 23%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Garfield School District No. Re-2)41.837.1
 4.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)48.447.8
 0.6%
5th Grade Math (Cactus Valley Elementary School)33.812
 21.8%
   5th Grade Math (Garfield School District No. Re-2)24.922.9
 2%
   5th Grade Math (Colorado)35.736.5
 0.8%
All Grades English Language Arts (Cactus Valley Elementary School)48.931.4
 17.5%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Garfield School District No. Re-2)35.631.9
 3.7%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Colorado)45.843.7
 2.1%
All Grades Math (Cactus Valley Elementary School)37.420.8
 16.6%
   All Grades Math (Garfield School District No. Re-2)22.217.9
 4.3%
   All Grades Math (Colorado)34.732.9
 1.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students489463
 5.3%
African American10
 100%
American Indian00
Asian11
Hispanic173184
 6.4%
Pacific Islander00
White302272
 9.9%
Two or More Races126
 50%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients35.8%33.3%
 2.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Cactus Valley Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 463 students attended Cactus Valley Elementary School.

Students who attend Cactus Valley Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Riverside School
High : Coal Ridge High School

Cactus Valley Elementary School ranks 579th of 943 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Cactus Valley Elementary School are 59% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.


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