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Delta County Joint District No. 50 Schools
Delta County Joint District No. 50 is a public school district in Colorado, based in Delta County (Delta). SchoolGrade grades 17 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Delta County Joint District No. 50 on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Delta County Joint District No. 50
14 of 17 schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50 carry a SchoolGrade (3 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 3B: 3C: 7F: 1
Best schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A- North Fork Montessori At Crawford Crawford (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- North Fork School Of Integrated Studies (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Paonia K 8 Paonia (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B Cedaredge High School (High school, exceeds expectations)
- B- North Fork High School (High school, meets expectations)
- B- Cedaredge Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- C+ Delta High School (High school, doesn't meet expectations)
- C+ Garnet Mesa Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C+ Lincoln Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C Vision Charter Academy (K-12 school, meets expectations)
Every school in Delta County Joint District No. 50
All schools, A to Z (17)
- Backpack Early Learning Academy, Delta
- B- Cedaredge Elementary School, Cedaredge
- B Cedaredge High School, Cedaredge
- C Cedaredge Middle School, Cedaredge
- Delta Academy Of Applied Learning, Delta
- C+ Delta High School, Delta
- C Delta Middle School, Delta
- Delta Online Learning Academy, Delta
- C+ Garnet Mesa Elementary School, Delta
- F Grand Mesa Choice Academy, Delta
- C Hotchkiss Elementary School, Hotchkiss
- C+ Lincoln Elementary School, Delta
- B- North Fork High School, Hotchkiss
- A- North Fork Montessori At Crawford Crawford, Crawford
- A- North Fork School Of Integrated Studies, Paonia
- A- Paonia K 8 Paonia, Paonia
- C Vision Charter Academy, Delta
Where Delta County Joint District No. 50 schools are
About this district
- State: Best schools in Colorado
- County: Delta County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: distant town (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 4,489 students with 250 full-time-equivalent teachers and 720 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0803330
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa (4 schools, 27 mi)
- Montrose County School District Re-1J (13 schools, 28 mi)
- Ridgway School District No. R-2 of the county of Ouray a (3 schools, 44 mi)
- Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 (45 schools, 47 mi)
- Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi (4 schools, 49 mi)
- Gunnison Watershed School District Re1J (7 schools, 51 mi)
- Garfield School District No. Re-2 (10 schools, 53 mi)
- Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 (13 schools, 54 mi)
Questions about Delta County Joint District No. 50
How many schools are in Delta County Joint District No. 50?
SchoolGrade grades 17 public schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50, across 5 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Delta County Joint District No. 50 serve?
The largest by graded schools: Delta, Cedaredge, Hotchkiss, Paonia, Crawford.
How good are the schools in Delta County Joint District No. 50?
Across the 14 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C+, with 39.9% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 30.1%. 79% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Delta County Joint District No. 50?
4,489 students were enrolled in Delta County Joint District No. 50 in the 2023-24 school year, about 18.0 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Delta County Joint District No. 50?
Delta County Joint District No. 50 is in Colorado, based in Delta County, with its district office in Delta. Its boundary covers about 1,754 sq mi.