Prekindergarten · Regular · Grades PK

Backpack Early Learning Academy, Delta, CO

CEP schoolBackpack Early Learning Academy is a public prekindergarten school in Delta, part of Delta County Joint District No. 50. It enrolled 188 students in 2024-25, with 188.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 188
Teachers (FTE): 1.0
Students per teacher: 188.0
Grades: PK

This school's ratio is 171.3 higher than the district figure of 16.7. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school188.0

District16.7

Colorado16.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 822 Grand Avenue, Delta, CO 81416
Phone: (970)874-9517
District: Delta County Joint District No. 50
County: Delta County
Level: Prekindergarten
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Distant
NCES school ID: 080333001893

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 87
Reduced-price lunch: 9
Free or reduced-price lunch: 9651.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.