Middle Schools in Grand Valley School District No. 16

Summary:

Grand Valley School District No. 16 in Colorado has only one middle school, Grand Valley Middle School, which serves grades 6-8. The school has consistently performed below the state average on academic measures, ranking in the bottom half of Colorado middle schools over the past few years.

Grand Valley Middle School struggles with low academic proficiency, with only 16.5% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 5.5% proficient or better in Math, compared to state averages of 44.8% and 35.9%, respectively. The school's science proficiency rate for 8th grade was also very low at 11.9%, compared to the state average of 36.4%. Additionally, the school has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7%, significantly higher than the state average.

Socioeconomic factors may play a role in the school's challenges, as 66.81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's student-teacher ratio of 13.4 is slightly lower than the state average, but the data suggests that additional resources and support may be needed to improve academic outcomes for students at Grand Valley Middle School within the Grand Valley School District No. 16.

District Detail

0460 Stone Quarry Road
Parachute, CO 81635-0068

(970) 285-5701

SchoolDigger Rank:
113^th of 115 Colorado districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 1,212

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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	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 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
Grand Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	0364 Siprelle Drive	Parachute	81635	Garfield County	Grand Valley School District No. 16	No	No	No	No	(970) 285-5707	264	16	16.0	63.6%	132 (50.0%)	2 (0.8%)	119 (45.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	8.9	447^th of 469 public middle schools	4.7%		13.7	421^st of 485 public middle schools	13.2%	26	10.3	19.5	20.9	16.5	9.0	5.5	11.9	$16,404

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
De Beque Joint District No. 49	10.86 mi	1
Plateau Valley School District No. 50	13.71 mi	4
Garfield School District No. Re-2	15.82 mi	10	91^st
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51	27.76 mi	45	40^th
State Charter School Institute	33.26 mi	52	50^th

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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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