Garnet Mesa Elementary School

Regular School · DELTA, CO

Garnet Mesa Elementary School is a regular school school in DELTA, Colorado, serving grades KG–05 with 488 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

KG – 05

Enrollment

488

Teachers (FTE)

30.3

Student–Teacher Ratio

16.1:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
White	317	65%
Hispanic/Latino	149	31%
Two or more races	19	4%
Asian	3	1%
Total enrollment	488	246M / 242F

English Language Learners: 39 (8% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	27.0% -5.2pp	32.2%	237
Reading Proficiency	42.0% -13.2pp	55.2%	236

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.18 grade levels

Math

-0.09 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

5 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

3.7% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

129

26.4% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	488	100%

Contact & Location

600 A STREET

DELTA, CO 81416

Phone: (970)874-8003

District

Delta County Joint District No. 50

Per-pupil expenditure: $15,258

District enrollment: 4,592

Other Schools in District

Cedaredge Elementary School Elementary
Hotchkiss Elementary School Elementary
Lincoln Elementary School Elementary
North Fork Montessori @ Crawford Elementary
North Fork School of Integrated Studies Elementary
Paonia K-8 Elementary
Cedaredge High School High
Delta High School High

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 81416) → CensusDepth.com
Colorado population & income data → CensusDepth.com
Colorado teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

080333000298

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD