Palisade High School

Located at 3679 G ROAD, in PALISADE, Colorado, Palisade High School is a high-enrollment high school that enrolls 1,073 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. Enrollment runs roughly 71% larger than the state mean of about 627.

Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 20,344 students; Palisade High School is among them.

Demographically, Palisade High School shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Palisade High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Palisade High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of -1.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Mesa County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,658 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mesa County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students), of which Palisade High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Taylor Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Palisade High School. On composite proficiency, Palisade High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.9%.

Palisade High School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palisade High School has stayed largely flat, going from 1,053 students in 2018 to 1,073 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.