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Orchard Mesa, CO vs Delta, CO

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Highlights
- Delta spends 20.0% less per student than Orchard Mesa.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 3.5% higher in Delta than in Orchard Mesa. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Delta had 8.9% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Orchard Mesa

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 Orchard Mesa, CODelta, COUnited States
 Expend. per Student$15,132$12,111$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$11,210$9,941$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$5,929$5,729$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio16.3116.8816.23
 Students per Librarian6694304573
 Students per Counselor250266530
 Grade School Educ.3.2%4.6%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.3.5%10.4%6.3%
 High School Educ.93.3%85.0%88.9%
 Some College Educ.33.6%19.0%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.11.8%6.6%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.19.4%18.3%33.7%
 Masters Grad.3.4%4.7%9.3%
 Professional Degree0.8%0.3%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree0.0%0.3%1.5%

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Reviews for Orchard Mesa    1 Reviews

Small town feel, even though Orchard Mesa is part of Grand Junction. We have hiking trails close by and just a few short miles to downtown Grand Junction.   More

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Reviews for Delta    10 Reviews

35 year resident....While I find the reviews constructive, I'm a bit confused and rumoured by the, "nothing to do" crowd. Me thinks some would go to New York City,  More

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Over 3 years ago

I have lived in numerous cities and states big cities as well as small communities but Delta by far is the worst No I'm not looking for a parade everyday and monkeys  More

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Over 9 years ago

Delta is a lovely farming community. People are nice and there is a wonderful state of the art community center (BHRC) that has excellent health and fitness equipment.   More

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