Enrollment
120
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELTA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT NO. 50·NCES 080333000295
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford
51 FIR AVE, CRAWFORD, CO 81415 · (970) 921-4935 · Delta County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL120 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 35.0:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
70 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 23% |
| Kindergarten | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 27% smaller than its 6th grade class (15).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford→Grand Mesa Choice Academy
Based on grade levels within Delta County Joint District No. 50. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
65.2%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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, while math scores are down about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.2% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 51.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 North Fork Montessori @ Crawford
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fork Montessori @ Crawford this school | 120 | 58.3% | 59.4% |
| Dove Creek Elementary School DOVE CREEK | 124 | 54.0% | 26.0% |
| Nucla Elementary School NATURITA | 161 | 55.9% | 32.0% |
| Otis Elementary School OTIS | 90 | 56.7% | 24.3% |
| North Fork School of Integrated Studies PAONIA | 112 | 51.8% | 58.5% |
| Custer County Elementary School WESTCLIFFE | 146 | 50.7% | 30.6% |
Matched among Colorado elementary 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 North Fork Montessori @ Crawford ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Delta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #160 of 931 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #268 of 940 ▼ 45 | #1 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #133 of 946 ▼ 61 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 120 | #977 of 1,056 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.3% | #390 of 983 | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
120
0 (0%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 119
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 120 | 8 | 14.9:1 | 58% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 8.3 | 12.9:1 | 64% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 8.4 | 15.3:1 | 55% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 120 | 7 | 17.1:1 | 61% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 144 | 9.6 | 14.9:1 | 37% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 150 | 8 | 18.8:1 | 48% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 109 | 7 | 15.6:1 | 53% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 159 | 11 | 14.4:1 | 44% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 119 | 7 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Fork Montessori @ Crawford.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (144 to 120); teachers down 17% (9.6 to 8).
About North Fork Montessori @ Crawford
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is a small elementary school in CRAWFORD, Colorado, under Delta County Joint District No. 50. The school serves 120 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average about 379 students.
Delta County Joint District No. 50 enrolls 4,591 students, and its 17 schools include North Fork Montessori @ Crawford.
The large majority of students at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford, 89%, are White. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
The school has about 14.9 students per teacher and 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 58%. That is close to the 56% average for public schools in Delta County.
The allk12 Grade for North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is A. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 91% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations places North Fork Montessori @ Crawford in the top 10% of Colorado schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 28.0 points above it (59.4% actual, 31.4% predicted).
Recent Census Bureau figures for Delta County show that median household income is about $57,774, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 18 public schools in Delta County, with a combined enrollment of about 4,591.
The nearest other public school, North Fork High School, is about 7.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. On average proficiency, North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place North Fork Montessori @ Crawford in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 120 in 2020-21, 120 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.1:1 to 14.9:1.
Community posts for North Fork Montessori @ Crawford can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Delta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,598
Census ACS
Median income
$57,774
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
4,591 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50
- Delta High SchoolHigh · 626 students
- Delta Middle SchoolMiddle · 498 students
- Garnet Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 371 students
- Cedaredge Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Vision Charter AcademyCombined · 311 students
Nearby schools
- North Fork High School7.7 mi · 265
- Hotchkiss Elementary School8.9 mi · 297
- Paonia K-811.4 mi · 247
- North Fork School of Integrated Studies11.4 mi · 112
- Johnson Elementary School19.4 mi · 531
- Centennial Middle School21.0 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About North Fork Montessori @ CrawfordHow many students attend North Fork Montessori @ Crawford?
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford enrolls approximately 120 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does North Fork Montessori @ Crawford serve?
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford?
The student-to-teacher ratio at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is approximately 14.9:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford?
Student demographics at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford are roughly 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees North Fork Montessori @ Crawford?
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is overseen by Delta County Joint District No. 50 in Delta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.