Backpack Early Learning Academy

A small elementary school in DELTA, Colorado, Backpack Early Learning Academy is part of Delta County Joint District No. 50. Students in pre-K make up the school's enrollment of 188 students. Elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students, which makes this school 50% below average.

Delta County Joint District No. 50 runs 17 schools with a combined 4,591 students. Backpack Early Learning Academy is one of them.

At Backpack Early Learning Academy, 60% of students are White. It is also 36% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Delta County is roughly 84% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Backpack Early Learning Academy scores 51%.

Teacher count: 1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 188.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado, 16.6:1, is lower. Roughly 51% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The county, Delta County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $57,774 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 18, with about 4,591 students.

Backpack Early Learning Academy is less than a tenth of a mile from Delta Academy of Applied Learning, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 188, up from 159 in 2020-21.

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