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What's something Delta Middle School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
498
Middle
DISTRICT 226 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELTA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT NO. 50·NCES 080333000296
Delta Middle School
910 GRAND AVENUE, DELTA, CO 81416 · (970) 874-8046 · Delta County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Colorado public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
274 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 167 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 156 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 175 | 35% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
42.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.8% | 17.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Delta Middle School
Delta Middle School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Middle School this school | 498 | 55.0% | 30.3% |
| Centennial Middle School MONTROSE | 540 | 53.1% | 31.8% |
| Pagosa Springs Middle School PAGOSA SPRINGS | 484 | 54.8% | 38.0% |
| Everitt Middle School WHEAT RIDGE | 456 | 56.6% | 29.2% |
| Columbine Middle School MONTROSE | 491 | 50.7% | 30.3% |
| Boltz Middle School FORT COLLINS | 551 | 49.2% | 38.8% |
Matched among Colorado middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Delta Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #134 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #174 of 244 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #118 of 246 ▼ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #118 of 278 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #179 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #83 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #105 of 246 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #164 of 169 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
498
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 498 | 27.6 | 18.0:1 | 55% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 497 | 29.6 | 16.8:1 | 60% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 29.5 | 17.2:1 | 53% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 67% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 28.1 | 18.1:1 | 63% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | 64% (321) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 31 | 15.2:1 | 61% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 48% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Delta Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (510 to 498); teachers down 2% (28.1 to 27.6).
About Delta Middle School
Delta Middle School is a middle school in DELTA, Colorado, reachable at (970) 874-8046. The school has 498 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8.
Besides Delta Middle School, Delta County Joint District No. 50 runs 16 other schools. The district enrolls 4,591 students.
More than half of the students at Delta Middle School are White (56%). Next come 38% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 84% White among all Delta County residents. The diversity index for Delta Middle School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.0:1. The average for middle schools in Colorado, 15.9:1, is lower. Of all students at Delta Middle School, 55% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Delta County average a similar 56%.
On the allk12 Grade, Delta Middle School lands at C+, ahead of 41% of Colorado public middle schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Delta Middle School would be expected to post about 33.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.3%.
The school's county is Delta County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $57,774 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Delta Middle School shares Delta County with 17 other public schools.
Backpack Early Learning Academy is the nearest public school to Delta Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 30.8% proficiency; Delta Middle School posts 30.3%.
Delta Middle School is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 469 to 498, a 6% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.8:1 to 18.0:1.
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Delta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,598
Census ACS
Median income
$57,774
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50
- Delta High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Garnet Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Cedaredge Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Vision Charter AcademyCombined · 311 students
- Hotchkiss Elementary SchoolElementary · 297 students
Other schools in DELTA
- Delta High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Garnet Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Vision Charter AcademyCombined · 311 students
- Vision Charter Academy K-8Elementary · 195 students
- Backpack Early Learning AcademyElementary · 188 students
Other Delta Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Delta Middle. Delta Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Delta MiddleDELTA, UT · 613 students
- Delta Middle SchoolMuncie, IN · 602 students
Nearby schools
- Backpack Early Learning Academy0.1 mi · 188
- Delta Academy of Applied Learning0.1 mi · 25
- Lincoln Elementary School0.4 mi · 371
- Garnet Mesa Elementary School0.5 mi · 488
- Vision Charter Academy K-80.6 mi · 195
- Vision Charter Academy0.6 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About Delta Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Delta Middle School?
Delta Middle School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Delta Middle School serve?
Delta Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Delta Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Delta Middle School is approximately 18.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Delta Middle School?
Delta Middle School reports a student body of 56% White, 38% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Delta Middle School?
Delta Middle School is overseen by Delta County Joint District No. 50 in Delta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.