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Grand Junction High School

Grand Junction High School school profile in Grand Junction, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
55/100
upward momentum with higher local pressure · high confidence
Enrollment
1,962
Enrollment has increased 29% over the available history.
FRL Share
37.4%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
636.0
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Grand Junction High School

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Academic Quality

57

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

57

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

77

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Grand Junction and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 54 · Colorado 48
55 54
2 Academic average
Peer 672.0 · Colorado 615.2
636.0 672.0
3 ELA
Peer 736.8 · Colorado 735.7
730.2 736.8
4 Math
Peer 543.8 · Colorado 460.4
444.6 543.8
5 Science
Peer 735.6 · Colorado 705
733.1 735.6
6 Enrollment
Peer 472 · Colorado 621
1,962 472
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Grand Junction 5.3 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
5.3 / 1k 5.3 / 1k
2 Market rent
Grand Junction $1,813 · Colorado $1,977
$1,782 $1,813
3 Home price
Grand Junction $435,751 · Colorado $556,199
$429,191 $435,751
4 Poverty rate
Grand Junction 14% · Colorado 10.1%
20.7% 14%
5 Median income
Grand Junction $69,611 · Colorado $101,131
$66,823 $69,611
6 Renter share
Grand Junction 35.5% · Colorado 32.6%
43.2% 35.5%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Grand Junction High School currently posts a blended academic reading around 636.0, with ELA at 730.2, Math at 444.6, and Science at 733.1. Against Grand Junction high schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 57/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 29% over the available history. ELA has moved down 3 points over the available history. Math has moved up 4.8 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 57/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Grand Junction High School currently serves about 1,962 students. FRL share sits near 37.4%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 000400 carries violent crime around 5.3 / 1k, market rent near $1,782, median income near $66,823, and home-price context near $429,191. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 81505 where rent context currently sits near $1,782 and home-price context near $429,191. Nearby violent crime has moved down 5% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Grand Junction High School currently reads as upward momentum with higher local pressure. The total TractSignal school score is 55/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.