📍 455 N. 22nd St.ste. B, Grand Junction, Mesa County, 81501
R-5 High School is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Grand Junction, Mesa County. The school has 189 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
R-5 High School enrolls 189 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 43% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 100 | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 43% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
124 of the school's 189 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
R-5 High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
R-5 High School is one of 47 schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, based in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado. The district serves 19,753 students district-wide and employs 1,293 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 189 students, R-5 High School is smaller than the district average of about 420 students per school.
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