Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 4.0Byers’s public schools score below 88% of Colorado districts on tests and graduation
The four-year graduation rate in Byers’s district is 44%, below the Colorado average (83%). The grade covers the public school district serving Byers, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Colorado, not nationally.
From Colorado state tests taken in spring 2022, when 15% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Byers’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 148 Colorado towns with household incomes within a quarter of Byers’s, its schools beat 3%, lower than their 12% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state in reading, below in math
Reading proficiency is 47% and math 30% in spring 2022, against 45% and 32% statewide; 44% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 83%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $9,939 per student, against $15,889 across Colorado (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
One elementary school, then one middle school
From grade 7 the district’s path is Byers Junior-Senior High School. Enrollment is up 28% since 2020–21. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Colorado Virtual Academy High School, Astravo Online Academy High School, Colorado Online High School, Colorado Virtual Academy Middle School, Colorado Virtual Academy, Astravo Online Academy Elementary School, Astravo Online Academy Middle School and Colorado Online Middle School, online schools, are based here too; they aren’t counted as local schools. Every school ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Byers’s grade
D: better than 12% of Colorado school districts. Test scores are above the Colorado average; graduation is below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Byers, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Byers
Byers Elementary School
Grades PK–6 · 275 students · 18:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Byers
Byers Junior-Senior High School
Grades 7–12 · 235 students · 23:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Byers
Byers Junior-Senior High School
Grades 7–12 · 235 students · 23:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Byers
Byers Junior-Senior High School
Grades 7–12 · 235 students · 23:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Byers
Byers Junior-Senior High School
Grades 7–12 · 235 students · 23:1 students per teacher
Byers’s public schools are run by Byers School District 32J. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Byers vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Colorado towns that share Byers’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Byers | D | Byers School District 32J |
Every school in Byers
10 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Colorado’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Byers’s schools
Are Byers’s schools good?
On Colorado’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Byers children attend score below 88% of Colorado’s school districts on tests and graduation, a D Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 3%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Byers in?
Byers School District 32J, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 6,853 students in 10 schools (2024–25).
What is Byers’s graduation rate?
44% of the class of 2023 in Byers School District 32J graduated in four years, against 83% across Colorado.
How much does Byers spend per student?
$9,939 in Byers School District 32J (FY2024), against $15,889 across Colorado. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Byers families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Byers → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Colorado. Stars are from neighbors.