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Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa, CO: schools, enrollment and spending
Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa runs 4 public schools with 303 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.2 students per teacher is 3.5 lower than the Colorado figure of 16.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 303
- Teachers (FTE)
- 23
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- CO: 16.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 56600 Highway 330, Collbran, CO 81624
- Phone
- (970)487-3547
- County
- Mesa County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0803030
- State district ID
- CO-1990
- Total staff (FTE)
- 56
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 303 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.2
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 (356), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $620,000
- State revenue
- $1.3 million
- Local revenue
- $3.2 million
- Total spending
- $4.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,101
- Salaries
- $2.8 million65.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 25.8%
- Local: 62.2%
Colorado overall
- Federal: 11.9%
- State: 37.4%
- Local: 50.7%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,101
Colorado$15,467
United States$16,826
Schools in Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Grand Mesa High School | High | 9 to 12 | 55 | 27.5 |
| Plateau Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 142 | 14.2 |
| Plateau Valley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 65 | 9.3 |
| Plateau Valley Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 41 | 20.5 |
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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.