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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Grand Junction High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,832
High
DISTRICT 870 · STATE 627
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000612
Grand Junction High School
1400 N 5TH ST, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 · (970) 254-6900 · Mesa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,832 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 16.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
790 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 576 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 464 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 426 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 366 | 20% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Grand Junction High School
Grand Junction High School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Junction High School this school | 1,832 | 43.1% | 30.4% |
| Poudre High School FORT COLLINS | 1,409 | 45.3% | 37.2% |
| Fort Collins High School FORT COLLINS | 1,836 | 37.4% | 36.3% |
| Wellington Middle-High School WELLINGTON | 1,173 | 39.6% | 36.0% |
| Montrose High School MONTROSE | 1,279 | 45.3% | 33.0% |
| Rocky Mountain High School FORT COLLINS | 2,044 | 34.4% | 43.7% |
Matched among Colorado high 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 Grand Junction High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #109 of 231 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,832 | #31 of 409 | #1 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #185 of 250 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #141 of 250 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.1% | #184 of 320 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #42 of 108 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,832
+454 (+33%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 1,532
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 1,832 | 91.4 | 20.0:1 | 43% (790) |
| 2023-24 | 1,590 | 83.7 | 19.0:1 | 48% (764) |
| 2022-23 | 1,522 | 80.6 | 18.9:1 | 36% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 1,378 | 74 | 18.6:1 | 48% (662) |
| 2017-18 | 1,573 | 90.7 | 17.4:1 | 38% (594) |
| 2015-16 | 1,718 | 87 | 19.8:1 | 39% (678) |
| 2010-11 | 1,774 | 85 | 20.9:1 | 36% (642) |
| 2000-01 | 1,616 | 88 | 18.4:1 | 26% (414) |
| 1990-91 | 1,532 | 86 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Junction High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (1,573 to 1,832); teachers up 1% (90.7 to 91.4).
About Grand Junction High School
Grand Junction High School is a high-enrollment high school based in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado. The school has 1,832 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Colorado have about 627 students on average; enrollment here is 192% higher.
Grand Junction High School is a school in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. The district has 45 schools and 20,344 students.
More than half of the students at Grand Junction High School are White (69%). The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Mesa County's population at about 82%. The diversity index for Grand Junction High School is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 91.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 20.0:1. Compared with the 16.9:1 average for high schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 43% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Mesa County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
Grand Junction High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.4% and a predicted 40.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mesa County show that median household income comes to about $73,658, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Mesa County, 57 public schools serve about 22,232 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Tope Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Grand Junction High School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Grand Junction High School inside a principal city with a population under 100,000 (City: Small).
The school's student count increased 33% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 20.0 students per teacher, compared with 18.6 in 2020-21.
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Mesa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,601
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
22,232 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Fruita Monument High SchoolHigh · 1,427 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Palisade High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Fruita Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Fruita 8/9 SchoolCombined · 591 students
Other schools in GRAND JUNCTION
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Caprock AcademyCombined · 871 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Orchard Mesa Middle SchoolMiddle · 560 students
- Bookcliff Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
- Independence AcademyElementary · 491 students
Nearby schools
- Tope Elementary School0.5 mi · 370
- West Middle School0.5 mi · 468
- Chipeta Elementary School0.6 mi · 364
- Grand River Academy1.0 mi · 461
- Juniper Ridge Community School1.0 mi · 375
- Orchard Avenue Elementary School1.1 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Junction High SchoolHow large is Grand Junction High School?
Grand Junction High School enrolls approximately 1,832 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Grand Junction High School serve?
Grand Junction High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Grand Junction High School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Grand Junction High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grand Junction High School?
At Grand Junction High School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 23% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Grand Junction High School in?
Grand Junction High School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.