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Juniper Ridge Community School

Juniper Ridge Community 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
33/100
upward momentum with thin current academics · high confidence
Enrollment
403
Enrollment has declined 4% over the available history.
FRL Share
52.6%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
727.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Juniper Ridge Community School

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Academic Quality

39

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

22

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

69

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 55 · Colorado 50
33 55
2 Academic average
Peer 743.2 · Colorado 737.4
727.2 743.2
3 ELA
Peer 745.6 · Colorado 741
728.6 745.6
4 Math
Peer 741 · Colorado 736.9
716.4 741
5 Science
Peer 743 · Colorado 734.5
736.5 743
6 Enrollment
Peer 328 · Colorado 394
403 328
#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
$1,880 $1,813
3 Home price
Grand Junction $435,751 · Colorado $556,199
$481,751 $435,751
4 Poverty rate
Grand Junction 14% · Colorado 10.1%
11% 14%
5 Median income
Grand Junction $69,611 · Colorado $101,131
$65,586 $69,611
6 Renter share
Grand Junction 35.5% · Colorado 32.6%
49% 35.5%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Juniper Ridge Community School currently posts a blended academic reading around 727.2, with ELA at 728.6, Math at 716.4, and Science at 736.5. Against Grand Junction elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 39/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 4% over the available history. ELA has moved up 12.8 points over the available history. Math has moved up 56.4 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 22/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Juniper Ridge Community School currently serves about 403 students. FRL share sits near 52.6%, 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 000900 carries violent crime around 5.3 / 1k, market rent near $1,880, median income near $65,586, and home-price context near $481,751. 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 $1,880 and home-price context near $481,751. Nearby violent crime has moved down 5% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Juniper Ridge Community School currently reads as upward momentum with thin current academics. The total TractSignal school score is 33/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.