Schools · Grand Junction
Grand Junction, CO schools
Grand Junction’s public schools score well below Colorado’s averages: 38% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 80% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 10 elementary schools through grade 5, then Orchard Mesa Middle School or Bookcliff Middle School or West Middle School and Grand Junction High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B−
Grand Junction’s School Grade: B-
The public schools Grand Junction’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 55% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B-Test scoresCGraduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 45%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (139)Better than 35%
High confidence. Built on 8,506 tested students and a graduating class of 1,633; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Colorado only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Colorado with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Grand Junction kids go to school
Grades PK–5
10 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Mesa County Valley School District 51Grades 6–8
C-Orchard Mesa Middle School or CBookcliff Middle School or B-West Middle School
Depends on your address Mesa County Valley School District 51Grades 9–12
BGrand Junction High School
1,832 students · Grand Junction Mesa County Valley School District 51Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Mesa County Valley School District 51)38%
State average 47%
Math (grades PK–12, Mesa County Valley School District 51)26%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
80% graduate on time
Graduation rate
80%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
1,633
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #119 of 142 CO towns →
Districts
The district serving Grand Junction
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 28 schools in Grand Junction
Showing 1–28 of 28 schools
Independence AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 491 students
BCharterPear Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 428 students
C-PublicPomona Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 395 students
BPublicJuniper Ridge Community SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 375 students
DCharterMesa View Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 375 students
B-PublicTope Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 370 students
B+PublicChipeta Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 364 students
C-PublicWingate Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 363 students
APublicNisley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 346 students
DPublicOrchard Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 319 students
B-PublicDual Immersion Academy SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 310 students
C+PublicDos Rios Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 293 students
B-PublicNew Emerson School at ColumbusElementary · Grades K–5 · 138 students
A+PublicWildflower Montessori Public School of Colorado Grand ValleyElementary · Grades PK–3 · 40 students
CharterHoly Family Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 464 students
PrivateLutheran Church & School of MessiahElementary · Grades PK–8 · 82 students
PrivateOrchard Mesa Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 560 students
C-PublicBookcliff Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 525 students
CPublicWest Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 468 students
B-PublicGrand Junction High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,832 students
BPublicR-5 High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 207 students
D-PublicMesa Valley Community SchoolHigh · Grades 6–12 · 178 students
B+CharterCaprock AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 871 students
BCharterGrand River AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 461 students
BPublicCareer Center PreschoolPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 53 students
PublicLife AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 95 students
PrivateLandmark Baptist SchoolOther · Grades PK–12 · 81 students
PrivateIntermountain Adventist AcademyOther · Grades K–10 · 32 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.