Total enrollment
4,396
-184 (-4%) vs SY 2020-21
18 schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50
Colorado · 4,591 students · 5 cities
Delta County Joint District No. 50 has 18 public K-12 schools on the books today, teaching approximately 4,591 Colorado students across 9 elementary, 3 middle, and 4 high.
4-year change in Delta County Joint District No. 50
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
16
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Delta County Joint District No. 50 ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Colorado | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #31 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 4,591 | #36 of 95 | #2,103 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 17 | #26 of 95 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #67 of 95 | #6,996 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 56.3% | #34 of 94 | #3,298 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #46 of 68 | #3,422 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Delta County Joint District No. 50
State test results across the district's 12 scored schools run from North Fork Montessori @ Crawford at 59.4% proficient to North Fork High School at 21.0%, a gap of 38.4 points. That is the 21st widest gap among 55 Colorado districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 16 district schools that reported both years went from 4,793 to 4,396 students (down 8%) and from 267 to 263 full-time teachers (down 1%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta High School | Delta | High | 09-12 | 626 |
| Delta Middle School | Delta | Middle | 06-08 | 498 |
| Garnet Mesa Elementary School | Delta | Elementary | KG-05 | 488 |
| Lincoln Elementary School | Delta | Elementary | KG-05 | 371 |
| Cedaredge Elementary School | Cedaredge | Elementary | PK-05 | 346 |
| Vision Charter Academy | Delta | Combined | KG-12 | 311 |
| Hotchkiss Elementary School | Hotchkiss | Elementary | PK-08 | 297 |
| Cedaredge High School | Cedaredge | High | 09-12 | 280 |
| North Fork High School | Hotchkiss | High | 09-12 | 265 |
| Paonia K-8 | Paonia | Elementary | PK-08 | 247 |
| Vision Charter Academy K-8 | Delta | Elementary | KG-08 | 195 |
| Backpack Early Learning Academy | Delta | Elementary | PK-PK | 188 |
| Cedaredge Middle School | Cedaredge | Middle | 06-08 | 154 |
| North Fork Montessori @ Crawford | Crawford | Elementary | PK-06 | 120 |
| North Fork School of Integrated Studies | Paonia | Elementary | PK-06 | 112 |
| Grand Mesa Choice Academy | Delta | High | 07-12 | 68 |
| Delta Academy of Applied Learning | Delta | Middle | 05-08 | 25 |
| Delta Online Learning Academy | Delta | Combined | M-M | · |
About Delta County Joint District No. 50
As a low-population district in Colorado, Delta County Joint District No. 50 teaches 4,591 students across 18 schools.
On the school-mix side, Delta County Joint District No. 50 consists of 9 elementary, 3 middle, 4 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Delta County Joint District No. 50 runs about 255 students per school, 44% lower than the state mean of roughly 456.
Five-year track record. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment contracted 4%: 4,580 students in SY 2020-21 versus 4,396 in SY 2024-25.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Delta County Joint District No. 50 discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Posts come from current and former families, staff, and alumni.