Central High School - Grand Junction, Colorado/CO

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Central High School

550 Warrior Way, Grand Junction, CO, 81504-6098 -

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Definition of Terms

Central High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Mesa County, CO

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1645 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

74 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 466 students

Grade 10 - 465 students

Grade 11 - 350 students

Grade 12 - 364 students

This School

(CO) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:22

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CO) School Average

% American Indian	2%	1%
% Asian	1%	3%
% Hispanic	18%	29%
% Black	1%	5%
% White	78%	62%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CO) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

28%

29%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(CO) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Mesa County Valley 51 School District

This School's Agency

(CO) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	39	3
Number of Students Managed	20,934 students	613 students
District Total Revenue	$162,446,000	$5,882,000
District Expenditure	$165,858,000	$5,502,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,760	$9,630
District Expenditure / Student	$7,923	$9,250
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Central High School is a secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Grand Junction, Colorado. It offers several extracurricular organizations, sports, and clubs. A small sample of these would be football, baseball, tennis, Chess club, marching band, and Knowledge Bowl. The school also hosts the local JROTC classes. Students from around the Grand Valley are welcome to come and participate and can arrange their schedules through the district accordingly. Central publishes a school newspaper titled, "The Warrior," which highlights the most current school issues.
The school participates in many competitions and tournaments. Most prominently is the Speech and Debate team, which has won the school several trophies and awards for both local and out of city competitions. Other groups that have won the school prizes are not limited to Knowledge Bowl, JROTC, and various sport groups.
Ryan Patterson attended Central High School and won national recognition for his "Sign Language Translator," which was a Grand Award winner for the 2001 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. He won first place in the individual category at the 2001 Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition.
Curriculum: Central High offers a wide variety of classes, from basic computing to Advanced Placement Statistics and Calculus. To graduate from Central High, a student must have 25 "credits", obtained by completing classes. The schedule (as of 2006; this may change in 2007) is divided into four "block" classes in the day and four quarters in the year. It is possible to earn 0.5 credit per quarter per block. Set up this way, a student could earn 8 credits during one school year and 32 credits during 4 years of high school. This allows for students to retake failed classes and improve their grades without delaying their graduation. The exception to the 8 credits per year is if you take an after school course or are involved in a zero hour class. Zero hour classes take place 90 minutes (one standard block class length) before school and count for the standard amount of credits. After school courses include marching band and jazz band. These also count for the regular 0.5 credit per class earning. However, after school classes tend to entail activities outside of school (perhaps going to perform in a parade, competition, or other such activity). These activities are considered extracurricular and do not count towards school credits.
This school has also partnered with Mesa State College to offer many college level courses if the student is excelling at high school level.
Notable alumni: Ryan Patterson.
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About This Zip Code (81504)

School Zip (81504)

(CO) State Average

Population (Approximate)

21,986 people

4,157,972 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

24%

33%

Population Average Age

36 years old

34 years old

Average Household size

2.6 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$36,246

$49,703

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.4 rooms

5.7 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

25 years old

35 years old

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Zipcode (81504)

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% Owning / % Renting

81% / 19%

67% / 33%

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