West Grand Elementary and Middle School

Located at 715 KINSEY AVENUE, in KREMMLING, Colorado, West Grand Elementary and Middle School is a low-enrollment K-5 school that serves 262 students (grades K through 8), operated by West Grand School District No. 1. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 379.

West Grand Elementary and Middle School is one of 2 schools operated by West Grand School District No. 1, a district that caters to 385 students overall.

Demographically, West Grand Elementary and Middle School logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 29% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting West Grand Elementary and Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 42% of students at West Grand Elementary and Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Grand County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, West Grand Elementary and Middle School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.0%; this one comes in at 21.6%, -19.4 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Grand County put the typical household earns roughly $88,612 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. West Grand Elementary and Middle School is one of 6 public schools in Grand County (combined enrollment of about 1,685 students).

West Grand High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Grand Elementary and Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Grand Elementary and Middle School has held roughly steady, going from 267 students in 2018 to 262 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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