Garnet Mesa Elementary School

Set in DELTA, Colorado, Garnet Mesa Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school, operated by Delta County Joint District No. 50. It caters to 488 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 379.

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

In terms of who attends, Garnet Mesa Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% 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, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Garnet Mesa Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.

Around the school, census data for Delta County shows median household earnings sit near $57,774, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Delta County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,591 students), of which Garnet Mesa Elementary School is one.

Lincoln Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 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), Garnet Mesa Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.6%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Garnet Mesa Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 557 (now 488). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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