Grand Junction High School

Grand Junction High School serves 1,590 students in grades 9-12 in Grand Junction, Colorado, operating with a student-teacher ratio of 19.2:1 across 83 full-time equivalent teachers. As a regular public high school in Mesa County, the school ranks in the 40th percentile among Colorado high schools, placing #1098 out of 1,831 schools statewide. The school demonstrates areas with room for academic growth, particularly in mathematics where 27% of students perform at proficient or above levels across grade levels.

With a MySchoolScout rating of 5.0 out of 10 and an academic score of 5.6 out of 10, Grand Junction High School is working to strengthen student achievement outcomes. The school draws from a diverse community in the 81501 ZIP code area, where families have a median household income of $45,332 and median home values of $257,700. About 27% of neighborhood residents hold bachelor's degrees or higher, while the poverty rate stands at 19.6% among the area's nearly 24,000 residents.

Grand Junction High School sits in Colorado's small city environment, providing students with both urban resources and a more intimate community feel as they pursue their high school education in western Colorado's Mesa County.