Delta County Joint District No. 50

Summary:

The Delta County Joint District No. 50 in Colorado consists of 17 schools, including 9 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, and 5 high schools, serving students from preschool through 12th grade. The district as a whole is ranked 38 out of 115 districts in Colorado and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

A few schools stand out in the district, including Paonia K-8, which is the highest ranked school in the district, ranking 218 out of 950 Colorado elementary schools and receiving a 4-star rating. It has particularly strong performance in English Language Arts and Math, with over 60% of students proficient or better across all grades. Another high-performing school is North Fork Montessori @ Crawford, which also receives a 4-star rating and has high proficiency rates in both ELA and Math. The North Fork School of Integrated Studies, a magnet elementary school, also stands out with impressive ELA and Math proficiency rates.

However, the district as a whole faces some challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7% on average across the schools and notable performance gaps between the highest and lowest performing schools, especially in ELA and Math proficiency rates. The high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 46.47% to 84.21% across the schools, suggest many families in the district face economic challenges, which can contribute to these performance gaps. Overall, the district has a mix of high-performing and lower-performing schools, and addressing chronic absenteeism and performance gaps should be priorities moving forward.

District Detail

145 West 4th Street
Delta, CO 81416-8390

(970) 874-4438

SchoolDigger Rank:
38^th of 115 Colorado districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 4,396

Primary Schools: 7
Middle Schools: 3
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2025)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2025)	PSAT9 Mathematics (2025)	SAT Reading and Writing (2025)	SAT Mathematics (2025)	CMAS English Language Arts (2025)							CMAS Math (2025)							CMAS Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	PSAT9 Mathematics 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Cedaredge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	380 N Grand Mesa Drive	Cedaredge	81413	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 856-3885	346	19	18.6	59.8%	258 (74.6%)	2 (0.6%)	64 (18.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.1%)	52.5	430^th of 950 public elementary schools	54.7%		49.6	452^nd of 943 public elementary schools	52.1%	22							47.9	41.7	47.3				45.7	58.3	45.8	25.5				42.4	36.4			$12,755
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford	Public	PK, KG-6	51 Fir Ave	Crawford	81415	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 921-4935	120	8	14.9	58.3%	107 (89.2%)	1 (0.8%)	8 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)								(n/a)													65.2							50.0				$16,968
Delta Middle School	Public	6-8	910 Grand Avenue	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 874-8046	498	28	18.0	55.0%	278 (55.8%)	2 (0.4%)	189 (38.0%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	33.3	289^th of 469 public middle schools	38.4%		37.3	265^th of 485 public middle schools	45.4%	24										38.2	44.6	44.5	42.4				18.4	13.5	18.3	16.8		31.3		$13,025
Delta High School	Public	9-12	1400 Pioneer Road	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 874-8031	626	39	16.0	51.9%	366 (58.5%)	2 (0.3%)	215 (34.3%)	18 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.0%)	41.9	186^th of 328 public high schools	43.3%		42.5	196^th of 349 public high schools	43.8%	10	52.0	35.0	66.0	36.0	52.0	31.0																	21.4	$18,770
Garnet Mesa Elementary School	Public	K-5	600 A Street	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 874-8003	488	30	16.1	63.3%	317 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	149 (30.5%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.9%)	47.5	466^th of 950 public elementary schools	50.9%		39.5	530^th of 943 public elementary schools	43.8%	64							45.2	43.2	48.1				45.5	47.9	35.4	35.4				39.3	26.6			$12,636
Hotchkiss Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	465 Lorah Lane	Hotchkiss	81419	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 872-3325	297	22	13.8	49.2%	236 (79.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	38.2	544^th of 950 public elementary schools	42.7%		45.5	485^th of 943 public elementary schools	48.6%	59							57.1	27.8	41.9	50.0	63.6	43.3	45.5	24.1	22.2	35.5	40.0	43.5	30.0	31.4	22.6	33.3		$14,168
North Fork High School	Public	9-12	438 Bulldog St	Hotchkiss	81419	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 872-3882	265	19	14.0	45.3%	198 (74.7%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (20.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	58.8	128^th of 328 public high schools	61.0%		59.2	125^th of 349 public high schools	64.2%	3	68.0	43.0	78.0	43.0	69.0	33.0																	19.4	$16,926
Lincoln Elementary School	Public	K-5	1050 Hastings	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 874-3700	371	24	15.4	66.6%	221 (59.6%)	0 (0.0%)	126 (34.0%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.0%)	39.2	534^th of 950 public elementary schools	43.8%		36.4	550^th of 943 public elementary schools	41.7%	16							12.5	30.0	54.4				33.0	13.8	31.4	44.1				29.9	48.5			$13,364
Cedaredge Middle School	Public	6-8	845 SE Deer Creek Drive	Cedaredge	81413	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 856-3118	154	10	16.2	64.9%	124 (80.5%)	1 (0.6%)	20 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.8%)	40.4	239^th of 469 public middle schools	49.0%		40.5	246^th of 485 public middle schools	49.3%	7										47.6	55.3	37.8	47.0				28.6	32.6	15.2	25.4		17.8		$13,322
Cedaredge High School	Public	9-12	575 SE Deer Creek Dr	Cedaredge	81413	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 856-6882	280	18	15.8	48.9%	228 (81.4%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	61	124^th of 328 public high schools	62.2%		52.7	153^rd of 349 public high schools	56.2%	29	68.0	55.0	58.0		73.0																		32.8	$15,220
Paonia K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	430 Box Elder	Paonia	81428	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 527-3639	247	17	14.6	58.3%	201 (81.4%)	2 (0.8%)	27 (10.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.7%)	76	218^th of 950 public elementary schools	77.1%		83.4	135^th of 943 public elementary schools	85.7%	83							64.0	47.6	66.7	63.0	67.5	70.3	64.4	52.0	52.4	50.0	40.7	22.0	51.4	42.9	70.8	59.5		$15,020
Backpack Early Learning Academy	Public	PK	822 Grand Avenue	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 874-9517	188	1	188.0	51.1%	113 (60.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (35.6%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)								(n/a)																								$14,283
Grand Mesa Choice Academy	Public	7-12	822 Grand Avenue	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	No	(970) 874-2753	68	5	13.6	76.5%	38 (55.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.8%)								(n/a)																								$13,118
Delta Academy of Applied Learning	Public	5-8	822 Grand Ave	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	No	No	Yes	(970) 874-0835	25	2	12.9		19 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (8.0%)								(n/a)																								$15,450
Vision Charter Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1080 Pioneer Rd	Delta	81416	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(970) 874-8226	311	16	19.2		236 (75.9%)	2 (0.6%)	52 (16.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.4%)								(n/a)							27.8		36.0	61.1		55.6	40.0	27.8		24.0	22.2		40.7	25.6	41.2	34.6		$11,102
North Fork School of Integrated Studies	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	430 Box Elder	Paonia	81428	Delta County	Delta County Joint District No. 50	No	Yes	No	Yes	(970) 527-3639	112	7	16.0	51.8%	96 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (11.6%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.8%)								(n/a)													68.3							45.7				$13,833

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Montrose County School District Re-1J	20.56 mi	15	75^th
Plateau Valley School District No. 50	23.12 mi	4
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	26.91 mi	45	40^th
State Charter School Institute	32.34 mi	52	50^th
De Beque Joint District No. 49	33.67 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

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