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Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi runs 4 public schools with 1,212 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.3 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,212
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79
- Students per teacher
- 15.3
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 0460 Stone Quarry Road, Parachute, CO 81635
- Phone
- (970)285-5701
- County
- Garfield County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0804380
- State district ID
- CO-1220
- Total staff (FTE)
- 195
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 152 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.3
Colorado16.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,159), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.1 million
- State revenue
- $10.2 million
- Local revenue
- $12.3 million
- Total spending
- $17.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,269
- Salaries
- $8.4 million47.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $32.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.7%
- State: 41.4%
- Local: 49.9%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,269
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Grand Valley School District No. 16 in the county of Garfi
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bea Underwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 5 | 390 | 15.0 |
| Grand Valley Center for Family LearningCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 265 | 16.6 |
| Grand Valley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 293 | 15.4 |
| Grand Valley Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 264 | 16.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Garfield County
- Roaring Fork School District No. Re-1 5,839 students
- Garfield School District No. Re-2 4,695 students
- Colorado River BOCES 181 students
- Colorado River BOCES AU
- Mountain BOCES AU
- Roaring Fork School District AU
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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. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.