Delta Middle School

Set in DELTA, Colorado, Delta Middle School is a reasonably sized intermediate school, part of Delta County Joint District No. 50. It teaches 498 students across grades 6 through 8.

Delta County Joint District No. 50 runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 4,591 students. Delta Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Delta Middle School lists that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 38% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages around 15.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Delta Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 30.3%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Delta County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,774 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Delta Middle School is one of 18 public schools in Delta County (combined enrollment of about 4,591 students).

Nearest neighbor: Backpack Early Learning Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Delta Middle School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Delta Middle School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 30.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 510 students in 2018 compared to 498 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 60% to 56%.

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