At $18,288 per pupil, De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and ranks #53 of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending (Colorado districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
170
Total Enrollment
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$18,288
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and operates 1 public schools serving 170 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Colorado. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mesa County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,288 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 180 Colorado districts by per-pupil spending. See how Colorado compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.9% local, 39.0% state, and 6.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 179:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, . Demographically, the student body averages 76.0% White, 21.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American across the district's schools.
De Beque Pk-12 School District 49jt accounts for 100.0% of all De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and a distant remainder — means De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and student-counselor ratio is 179:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and?
De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 170 students.
How much does De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and spend per student?
De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and spends $18,288 per student.
What is the demographic composition of De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and?
De Beque Joint District No. 49 of the Counties of Mesa and students are 76.0% White, 21.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.1% African American, 1.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.