North Fork Montessori @ Crawford

Set in CRAWFORD, Colorado, North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is an one-room-style elementary school, operated by Delta County Joint District No. 50. It instructs 120 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% below the state mean of about 379.

Within Delta County Joint District No. 50, which oversees 17 schools and 4,591 students, North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, North Fork Montessori @ Crawford lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, North Fork Montessori @ Crawford has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting North Fork Montessori @ Crawford tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 58% of students at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, North Fork Montessori @ Crawford ranks in the top 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 31.4%; North Fork Montessori @ Crawford posts 59.4%, +28.0 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Delta County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,774 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. North Fork Montessori @ Crawford is one of 18 public schools in Delta County (combined enrollment of about 4,591 students).

The closest other public school is North Fork High School, roughly 7.7 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts North Fork Montessori @ Crawford at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Fork Montessori @ Crawford has fell 17%, going from 144 students in 2018 to 120 in 2025.

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