Mesa County Valley School District 51 Threat Assessments, 2013-2019

Mesa County Valley School District 51, which includes the city of Grand Junction, has about 22,000 students. The district struggles with helping students expressing suicidal feelings and has done 900 suicide-threat assessments this school year, up from 210 in 2014. Other districts across Colorado are experiencing a similar trend.

Source: Mesa County Valley School District 51
Data Design: Eric Lubbers, The Colorado Sun