Grand Mesa Youth Services Center

Grand Mesa Youth Services Center operates as a rural-scale secondary school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. Current enrollment sits at 18 students spanning grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% below the state mean of about 627.

Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 20,344 students; Grand Mesa Youth Services Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Grand Mesa Youth Services Center reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 33% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Mesa County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,658, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Mesa County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students), Grand Mesa Youth Services Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Orchard Mesa Middle School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Grand Mesa Youth Services Center operates from a commuter-belt location.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.