Middle · Colorado

Plateau Valley Junior High School

Free meals for all

Plateau Valley Junior High School, a public middle school in Collbran, Colorado: grades 7–8, 41 students, 14.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
41
Teachers (FTE)
2.9
Students per teacher
14.3
Grades
7–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 65% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 15.7 · 281 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 52% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 97% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 463 · 281 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

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%

44%proficient

−4.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 56% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 42% · 267 middle schools compared

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

Math

Colorado: 36%

18%proficient

−11.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 68% of middle schools in Colorado

Median 26% · 264 middle schools compared

34 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.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 7–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Distant rural area

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa.

Location

Address
56600 Highway 330, Collbran, CO 81624
Phone
(970)487-3547
City or town
Collbran

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Grand Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–826416.017%5.5%
Rifle Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–855215.226%17%
6–856916.736%21%
Cedaredge Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–815416.247%25%

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.

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.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 080303006288