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Crowley County School District RE-1-J
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District details
School board members: 7
Students: 343 (2023-2024)
Schools: 3 (2023-2024)
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Crowley County School District RE-1-J is a school district in Colorado (Crowley and Lincoln counties). During the 2024 school year, 343 students attended one of the district's three schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

Elections

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Crowley County School District Re-1-J, At-large

General election

General election for Crowley County School District Re-1-J, At-large (3 seats)

Tyler Karney, Amber Lovato, Cheryl Salzbrenner, and Christopher L. Tuma ran in the general election for Crowley County School District Re-1-J, At-large on November 7, 2023.


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Crowley County School District Re-1-J, At-large

General election

General election for Crowley County School District Re-1-J, At-large

Jeffrey Scott Keyes and James Charles Watkins ran in the general election for Crowley County School District Re-1-J, At-large on November 7, 2023.


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Election rules

 

Election dates and frequency

See also: Rules governing school board election dates and timing

School board general elections in Colorado are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November every two years in odd-numbered years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-104

Recent or upcoming election dates for all public school districts in the state

Below are the recent/upcoming dates for all public school districts in the state. There may be exceptions to these dates for specific districts because of local charters and district-specific exceptions and carve-outs.

  • Filing deadline date: August 29, 2025
  • General election date: November 4, 2025

Election system

School board members in Colorado are elected through nonpartisan general elections without primaries.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S 22-30-104

Party labels on the ballot

See also: Rules governing party labels in school board elections

School board elections in Colorado are nonpartisan, which means party labels do not appear on the ballot for school board candidates. Colorado Statute Section 1-4-803(4) states, "A candidate for the office of school director shall not run as a candidate of any political party for that school directorship."

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S 22-30-104 and 1-4-803

Winning an election

The school board candidate that receives the largest number of votes in the general election is elected to office.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 1-4-104

Term length and staggering

School board members have four-year terms unless a school board passes a resolution to extend the terms to six years.

Any school district coterminous with a city and county (Denver Public Schools) have four-year board member terms. As of 2022, Denver Public Schools was the only school district coterminous with a city and county.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-105

Colorado school districts have staggered elections with as close to half of their board members as possible elected every two years to four-year terms. The board of education can extend or reduce for two years the terms of one or more board members as necessary to achieve staggered elections with as close to the same number of seats up for election as possible every two years.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-105

Representation: at large vs. by sub-district

Except for districts coterminous with a city and county (Denver as of 2022), school board members are elected at large by default. They can be elected from residence area restriction sub-districts or through a combination of at-large and residence area restriction sub-districts if the school district passes a resolution to change district representation. Regardless of whether the district elects some or all board members from certain residence areas (sub-districts), all voters vote in each school board race up for election. As of 2022, 73% of the school districts in the state elected their school board members at large, while 21% elected their members from sub-districts, and the remaining 6% elected their members through a combination of both.

School districts coterminous with a city and county must have a seven-member board of education with one member elected from each of five director districts and two members elected from the district at large. As of 2022, Denver Public Schools was the only district coterminous with a city and county.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-109 and C.R.S. 22-31-131

Filing deadlines and swearing-in dates

The school board candidate filing deadline is sixty-seven days before the election date.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-107

School board candidates can circulate their nomination petitions starting when the filling window opens ninety days before the election, which is 23 days before the filing deadline.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-107

Newly elected school board members are sworn into office no later than ten days after election results are certified.

DocumentIcon.jpg See law: C.R.S. 22-31-125

 


About the district

School board

The Crowley County School District RE-1-J consists of seven members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Tyler Karney
Jordan King
Amber Lovato
Marty Martinez
Kaci Mason
Cheryl Salzbrenner
James Watkins

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Overlapping state house districts

Crowley County School District RE-1-J
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Colorado House of Representatives District 47Ty WinterRepublican Party 92% 4%
Colorado House of Representatives District 56Chris RichardsonRepublican Party 8% < 1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $1,265,000 $3,139 18%
Local: $1,642,000 $4,074 24%
State: $4,050,000 $10,050 58%
Total: $6,957,000 $17,263
Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $6,463,000 $16,037
Total Current Expenditures: $6,060,000 $15,037
Instructional Expenditures: $2,925,000 $7,258 45%
Student and Staff Support: $363,000 $900 6%
Administration: $1,317,000 $3,267 20%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $1,455,000 $3,610 23%
Total Capital Outlay: $118,000 $292
Construction: $0 $0
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $0 $0
Interest on Debt: $1,000 $2

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 10-14 PS 10-14 PS 11-19
2018-2019 16 <50 15-19 PS PS 15-19
2017-2018 26 <50 25-29 PS PS 20-24
2016-2017 21 <50 20-24 PS 25-29
2015-2016 19 PS 10-14 PS 25-29
2014-2015 15 PS 10-14 PS PS 15-19
2013-2014 51 PS PS 45-49 PS >=50 50-54
2012-2013 53 PS PS 40-49 40-59 <50 55-59
2011-2012 51 PS 35-39 40-59 >=50 55-59
2010-2011 84 PS 75-79 >=50 85-89

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 30-34 <50 25-29 PS PS 40-49
2018-2019 28 <50 25-29 PS PS 30-34
2017-2018 40 <50 35-39 PS PS 40-44
2016-2017 23 <50 20-24 PS 20-24
2015-2016 20 PS 15-19 PS 20-24
2014-2015 27 PS 25-29 PS PS 25-29
2013-2014 73 PS PS 65-69 PS >=50 70-74
2012-2013 72 PS PS 60-69 60-79 >=50 75-79
2011-2012 68 PS 55-59 40-59 >=50 70-74
2010-2011 93 PS 90-94 >=80 >=95

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 >=80 >=50 >=50
2018-2019 80-89 >=50 PS >=80
2017-2018 >=90 >=50 PS PS >=80
2016-2017 >=80 >=50 PS >=80
2015-2016 >=90 >=50 PS >=80
2014-2015 80-89 PS PS PS >=80
2013-2014 60-79 >=50 60-79
2012-2013 80-89 >=50 PS >=80
2011-2012 80-89 >=50 PS >=80
2010-2011 70-79 PS >=50 60-79

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024 343 -10.5
2022-2023 379 -6.3
2021-2022 403 2.0
2020-2021 395 -7.6
2019-2020 425 -2.8
2018-2019 437 -0.7
2017-2018 440 0.7
2016-2017 437 -1.8
2015-2016 445 1.8
2014-2015 437 -2.5
2013-2014 448 0.4
2012-2013 446 -7.4
2011-2012 479 -2.9
2010-2011 493 -0.4
2009-2010 495 1.8
2008-2009 486 -3.5
2007-2008 503 -2.4
2006-2007 515 -10.3
2005-2006 568 -1.9
2004-2005 579 -4.1
2003-2004 603 0.8
2002-2003 598 0.7
2001-2002 594 -2.7
2000-2001 610 -4.4
1999-2000 637 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE Crowley County School District RE-1-J (%) Colorado K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.3 0.6
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.3 3.3
Black 1.2 4.6
Hispanic 45.2 35.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.3
Two or More Races 2.3 5.3
White 50.7 49.9

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Crowley County School District RE-1-J had 20.13 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 17.04.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 0.00
Kindergarten: 1.53
Elementary: 8.41
Secondary: 10.19
Total: 20.13

Crowley County School District RE-1-J employed 1.00 district administrators and 5.04 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 1.00
District Administrative Support: 1.00
School Administrators: 5.04
School Administrative Support: 2.00
Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 20.81
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 0.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 1.87
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.94
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.93
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 2.00
Student Support Services: 3.58
Other Support Services: 8.98

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The Crowley County School District RE-1-J operates three schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Crowley County Elementary K-6181KG-6
Crowley County Junior And Senior High School1517-12
Crowley County Virtual Education Academy114-12

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