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Palisade High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
3679 G Road
Palisade, CO 81526
Phone
(970) 254-4800
District
MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51
County
MESA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1108
Classroom Teachers
56

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.6% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Palisade High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 9

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
48%
52%
62%
64%
34%
40%
48%
52%
62%
64%
34%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
55%
52%
67%
66%
43%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
45%
52%
56%
33%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 327 29.5%
Grade 10 285 25.7%
Grade 11 295 26.6%
Grade 12 201 18.1%
Total 1108 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.0% 72.6% 54.4%
Black 0.8% 0.5% 4.9%
Hispanic 30.3% 25.2% 36.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.4% 0.9% 3.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.8% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.6% 44.2% 35.6%
Free lunch eligible 37.3% 36.1% 29.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.3% 8.2% 6.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 151,642 5,839,926
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 74.8 55
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.9% 18.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.4% 36.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.9% 24.4%
65 OR OLDER 19.4% 14.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 60,831 2,278,044
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.5% 92.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.4% 43.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.6% 24.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.5% 19.2%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.5% 15.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.6% 12.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.7% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 9.0% 6.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,902 $129,808,588 39.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $795 $17,485,230 5.2%
Staff $618 $13,592,292 4.1%
General Administration $159 $3,497,046 1.0%
School Administration $739 $16,253,566 4.9%
Operation $750 $16,495,500 4.9%
Transportation $314 $6,906,116 2.1%
Other $1,611 $35,432,334 10.6%
Total Support $4,986 $109,662,084 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,264 $93,782,416 28.1%
Total Expenditures $15,151 $333,231,094 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,511 $5,733,964,028 43.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $787 $692,995,232 5.2%
Staff $723 $636,248,216 4.8%
General Administration $216 $190,074,883 1.4%
School Administration $912 $803,497,511 6.1%
Operation $1,111 $978,393,612 7.4%
Transportation $351 $308,740,393 2.3%
Other $904 $795,691,712 6.0%
Total Support $5,003 $4,405,468,345 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,500 $3,082,398,597 23.3%
Total Expenditures $15,015 $13,221,799,540 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%