Delta High School

Delta High School is one of the average-sized high schools in DELTA, Colorado, operated by Delta County Joint District No. 50, with 626 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Delta County Joint District No. 50 comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 4,591 students; Delta High School is among them.

Demographically, Delta High School records that White students make up the majority at 58%; the rest is composed of 34% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, On paper, Delta High School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at Delta High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Delta High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.2%; this one comes in at 21.6%, -13.7 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Delta County reports that median household income runs about $57,774, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Delta County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,591 students), of which Delta High School is one.

Grand Mesa Choice Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Delta High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.7%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Delta High School has edged up 9%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 626 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 67% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.