School district · Colorado

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi in Colorado: 4 public schools with 1,212 students and 15.3 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,050 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 4
Students: 1,212
Students per teacher: 15.3; CO 16.2 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $15,050; 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): 79.0
Counselors (FTE): 8.1
Students per counselor: 150; CO 246 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; 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%

14%proficient

−3.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 96% of school districts in Colorado

Median 36% · 169 school districts compared

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

Math

Colorado: 36%

6.4%proficient

−4.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 99% of school districts in Colorado

Median 28% · 165 school districts compared

517 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

$10.6K15

$10.6K16

$11.8K17

$11.3K18

$11.5K19

$11.5K20

$13.1K21

$12.5K22

$14.0K23

$15.1K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 5.9% · $1.7M
State: 37% · $10.7M
Local: 58% · $16.9M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $7,194
Support services: $7,081
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $2.8M
Long-term debt: $24.1M

Schools

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

Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Bea Underwood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	2–5	390	14.7	11%	7.1%	Parachute
Grand Valley Center for Family LearningFree meals for all	Pre-K–1	265	16.6	—	—	Parachute
Grand Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	264	16.0	17%	5.5%	Parachute
Grand Valley High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	293	14.7	—	—	Parachute

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: 0460 Stone Quarry Road, Parachute, CO 81635
Phone: (970)285-5701

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.