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Delta County Joint District No. 50

Delta County Joint District No. 50 in Colorado: 16 public schools with 4,396 students and 16.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,627 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 16; 1 charter
Students: 4,396
Students per teacher: 16.7; CO 16.2 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $14,627; CO $15.8K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 263
Counselors (FTE): 16.3
Students per counselor: 270; CO 246 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 2.8; Librarians (FTE): 0.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Colorado: 45%

46%proficient

−0.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 71% of school districts in Colorado

Median 36% · 169 school districts compared

1,746 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Math

Colorado: 36%

31%proficient

−0.5 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 61% of school districts in Colorado

Median 28% · 165 school districts compared

1,760 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$8.0K15

$8.2K16

$8.6K17

$8.7K18

$9.8K19

$10.0K20

$11.1K21

$12.7K22

$13.9K23

$14.6K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 15% · $12.4M
State: 51% · $41.5M
Local: 34% · $27.2M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $8,395
Support services: $5,667
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $15M
Long-term debt: $30.4M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 7Middle schools: 3High schools: 4Other schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Backpack Early Learning AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K	188	188.0	—	—	Delta
Cedaredge Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	346	18.7	46%	42%	Cedaredge
Garnet Mesa Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	488	16.1	46%	39%	Delta
Hotchkiss Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	297	13.8	46%	31%	Hotchkiss
Lincoln Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	371	15.5	33%	30%	Delta
North Fork Montessori @ CrawfordFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	120	14.9	65%	50%	Crawford
North Fork School of Integrated StudiesFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	112	16.0	68%	46%	Paonia
Paonia K-8Free meals for all	Pre-K–8	247	14.7	64%	43%	Paonia
Cedaredge Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	154	16.2	47%	25%	Cedaredge
Delta Academy of Applied LearningAlternative	5–8	25	13.0	—	—	Delta
Delta Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	498	18.0	42%	17%	Delta
Cedaredge High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	280	15.9	—	—	Cedaredge
Delta High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	626	16.0	—	—	Delta
Grand Mesa Choice AcademyAlternativeFree meals for all	7–12	68	13.6	—	—	Delta
North Fork High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	265	14.1	—	—	Hotchkiss
Vision Charter AcademyCharterAlternativeMostly virtual	K–12	311	19.2	40%	26%	Delta

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 145 West 4TH Street, Delta, CO 81416
Phone: (970)874-4438

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.