Grand Mesa High School
COLLBRAN · CO · Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa · Public
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Plateau Valley High School → De Beque PK-12 School District 49JT → Grand Valley High School → Palisade High School → Rifle High School → Cedaredge High School → Central High School → Pear Park Baptist School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 17% (Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Grand Mesa High School compares for families
What families should know about Grand Mesa High School.
- ▸ LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Plateau Valley High School, De Beque PK-12 School District 49JT, Grand Valley High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +61.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 55 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plateau Valley High School COLLBRAN |
Public | 1.1 | 65 | -42.0% |
| De Beque PK-12 School District 49JT DE BEQUE |
Public | 14.3 | 34 | — |
| Grand Valley High School PARACHUTE |
Public | 14.7 | 293 | -10.1% |
| Palisade High School PALISADE |
Public | 22.9 | 1,073 | -3.2% |
| Rifle High School RIFLE |
Public | 23.2 | 778 | +0.0% |
| Cedaredge High School CEDAREDGE |
Public | 24.0 | 280 | +4.9% |
| Central High School GRAND JUNCTION |
Public | 28.5 | 1,352 | -17.1% |
| Pear Park Baptist School Grand Junction |
Private | 29.0 | 10 | — |