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Grand Mesa Youth Services Center

GRAND JUNCTION · CO · Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Grand Mesa Youth Services Center compares for families

What families should know about Grand Mesa Youth Services Center.

  • LocallyCO students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Grand Mesa Youth Services Center, Landmark Baptist School, R-5 High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
0%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
100.0%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +11.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 18 students:

2025
20
2027
25
2029
31

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Grand Mesa Youth Services Center
GRAND JUNCTION
Public 0.0
Landmark Baptist School
Grand Junction
Private 1.0 91 -10.8%
R-5 High School
GRAND JUNCTION
Public 1.1 207 -24.5%
Grand River Academy
GRAND JUNCTION
Public 1.4 312 +6.8%
Grand Junction High School
GRAND JUNCTION
Public 2.3 1,832 +23.9%
Life Academy
Grand Junction
Private 2.9 85
Pear Park Baptist School
Grand Junction
Private 3.3 10
Central High School
GRAND JUNCTION
Public 3.8 1,352 -17.1%

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