27 D51 schools earn Colorado Performance Award

Noah Anderson
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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — The state of Colorado gives every school in the state a yearly score based on their academic achievement. The state gives points to schools to assign these ratings, the more points, the better. D51 had 27 schools receive a performance rating, the highest level of achievement Colorado recognizes during the 2022-2023 school year.

Superintendent Dr. Brian Hill’s goal for this school year is to have 90 percent of D51’s schools reach either the improvement or performance rating.

Schools to earn a performance rating:

  • Appleton elementary school

  • Broadway elementary school

  • Chatfield elementary school

  • Chipeta elementary school

  • Dual immersion academy

  • East Middle School

  • Fruita Monument High School

  • Grand Junction High School

  • Independence academy

  • Juniper Ridge Community School

  • Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School

  • Loma elementary school

  • Mesa View Elementary School

  • Monument Ridge Elementary School

  • Mount Garfield Middle School

  • New Emerson Elementary School

  • Orchard Avenue Elementary School

  • Palisade high school

  • Pomona elementary school

  • Redlands middle school

  • Rimrock elementary school

  • Scenic elementary school

  • Shelledy elementary school

  • Taylor elementary school

  • Tope elementary school

  • West middle school

  • Wingate elementary school

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