Enrollment
264
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 16·NCES 080438001368
Grand Valley Middle School
0364 SIPRELLE DRIVE, PARACHUTE, CO 81635 · (970) 285-5707 · Garfield County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Colorado public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
168 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 95 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 84 | 32% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Grand Valley Middle School→Grand Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Garfield County School District 16. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
16.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -6.2pp since 2023
Math
5.5%
CO avg 36.1%
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 6 points since 2023.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.5% | 5.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | N/A |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Valley Middle School
Grand Valley Middle School's state test result (14.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley Middle School this school | 264 | 63.6% | 14.8% |
| Brush Middle School BRUSH | 328 | 65.5% | 20.1% |
| Vineland Middle School PUEBLO | 362 | 62.7% | 26.8% |
| Burlington Middle School BURLINGTON | 206 | 65.0% | 20.0% |
| Centauri Middle School LA JARA | 211 | 64.5% | 38.3% |
| Ellicott Middle School ELLICOTT | 230 | 58.3% | 25.4% |
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 Grand Valley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.8% | #218 of 241 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #236 of 244 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #227 of 246 ▼ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #208 of 278 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #119 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #82 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.6% | #79 of 246 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #29 of 55 |
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
264
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
+178% since 1990-91, when it was 95
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 264 | 16.5 | 16.0:1 | 64% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 17 | 13.5:1 | 67% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 52% (125) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 16 | 15.8:1 | 65% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 18.6 | 13.0:1 | 59% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 61% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 13 | 16.6:1 | 53% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | 39% (67) |
| 1990-91 | 95 | 7 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Valley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (242 to 264); teachers down 11% (18.6 to 16.5).
About Grand Valley Middle School
Grand Valley Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school in Garfield County School District 16, located in PARACHUTE, Colorado. It reports enrollment of 264 students in grades 6 through 8. On average, middle schools in Colorado enroll around 462, and this school is 43% below that mark.
Federal data list 4 schools in Garfield County School District 16, with 1,212 students enrolled.
The student body at Grand Valley Middle School has no majority group. White students lead at 50%. The next largest groups are 45% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The school's White share is 18 points below the 69% share among Garfield County residents. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Grand Valley Middle School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.0 students per teacher. The average for middle schools in Colorado is about 15.9:1. Grand Valley Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 64%. Among public schools in Garfield County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, Grand Valley Middle School lands at F, ahead of 2% of Colorado public middle schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Grand Valley Middle School is among the bottom 10% of schools in Colorado. Predicted: 28.1%. Actual: 14.8%.
The school is in Garfield County, where the median household earns about $91,131 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Garfield County, 29 public schools serve about 10,790 students.
Grand Valley Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Bea Underwood Elementary School, about 1.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Local comparison: Grand Valley Middle School ranks 4th of 7 nearby schools, at 14.8% versus an 18.9% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 264, compared with 253 in 2020-21.
This community page is for conversations about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield County School District 16
- Bea Underwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Grand Valley High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Grand Valley Center for Family LearningElementary · 265 students
- Bea Underwood Pre-SchoolCombined
Other schools in PARACHUTE
- Bea Underwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Grand Valley High SchoolHigh · 293 students
- Grand Valley Center for Family LearningElementary · 265 students
- Bea Underwood Pre-SchoolCombined
Other Grand Valley Middle schools
One other US public school is named Grand Valley Middle. Grand Valley Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Grand Valley Middle SchoolOrwell, OH · 172 students
Nearby schools
- Bea Underwood Elementary School1.9 mi · 390
- Grand Valley Center for Family Learning2.0 mi · 265
- Grand Valley High School2.1 mi · 293
- De Beque PK-12 School District 49JT12.8 mi · 179
- Rifle High School13.9 mi · 778
- Rifle Middle School13.9 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Valley Middle SchoolHow large is Grand Valley Middle School?
Grand Valley Middle School enrolls approximately 264 students in grades 06-08.
Is Grand Valley Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Grand Valley Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Grand Valley Middle School have?
Grand Valley Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Grand Valley Middle School?
Student demographics at Grand Valley Middle School are roughly 50% White, 45% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Grand Valley Middle School in?
Grand Valley Middle School is part of Garfield County School District 16.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.