Cedaredge Elementary School

Cedaredge Elementary School is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in CEDAREDGE, Colorado, operated by Delta County Joint District No. 50, teacheing 346 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 17 schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50 (4,591 students total), Cedaredge Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cedaredge Elementary School records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, On paper, Cedaredge Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 60% of students at Cedaredge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cedaredge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.4%; this one delivers 41.0%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Delta County) logs that median household earnings sit near $57,774, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Cedaredge Elementary School is one of 18 public schools in Delta County (combined enrollment of about 4,591 students).

Cedaredge High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Cedaredge Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cedaredge Elementary School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedaredge Elementary School has shrank 16%, going from 411 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 80% to 75%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Cedaredge Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.