School district · Colorado
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 in Colorado: 44 public schools with 19,753 students and 15.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,648 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 44
- 3 charter
- Students
- 19,753
- Students per teacher
- 15.7
- CO 16.2 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,648
- CO $15.8K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,261
- Counselors (FTE)
- 85.4
- Students per counselor
- 231
- CO 246 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 26.8
- Librarians (FTE): 6.8
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%43%proficient
+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 66% of school districts in Colorado
Median 36% · 169 school districts compared
7,923 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%35%proficient
+2.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 72% of school districts in Colorado
Median 28% · 165 school districts compared
7,999 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 12% · $40.8M
- State
- 46% · $161.1M
- Local
- 43% · $150.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,334
- Support services
- $5,797
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $65.4M
- Long-term debt
- $249.1M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | — | — | — | |
Appleton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 439 | 18.1 | 64% | 62% |
Broadway Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 300 | 17.5 | 65% | 60% |
Chatfield Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 371 | 17.6 | 49% | 45% |
Chipeta Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 364 | 14.6 | 44% | 34% |
Clifton Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 346 | 14.7 | 15% | 12% |
Dos Rios Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 293 | 16.1 | 30% | 36% |
Dual Immersion Academy SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 310 | 20.8 | 36% | 33% |
Fruitvale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 358 | 13.0 | 35% | 26% |
Independence AcademyCharter | Pre-K–8 | 491 | 17.3 | 49% | 34% |
| K–8 | 375 | 14.8 | 32% | 10% | |
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 289 | 13.5 | 38% | 33% |
Loma Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 207 | 14.9 | 38% | 41% |
Mesa View Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 375 | 18.0 | 52% | 45% |
Monument Ridge Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 300 | 14.0 | 52% | 56% |
| K–5 | 138 | 15.2 | 63% | 61% | |
Nisley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 346 | 16.5 | 20% | 20% |
Orchard Avenue Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 319 | 14.3 | 46% | 39% |
Pear Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 428 | 15.0 | 35% | 30% |
Pomona Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 395 | 15.3 | 54% | 47% |
Rim Rock Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 292 | 15.0 | 60% | 58% |
Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 395 | 13.7 | 24% | 16% |
Scenic Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 243 | 16.3 | 63% | 61% |
Shelledy Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 371 | 16.1 | 51% | 43% |
Taylor Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 310 | 16.5 | 59% | 54% |
Thunder Mountain Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 432 | 16.2 | 32% | 25% |
Tope Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 370 | 19.1 | 55% | 42% |
Wingate Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 363 | 15.3 | 81% | 69% |
Bookcliff Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 525 | 13.8 | 21% | 14% |
Fruita Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 690 | 17.4 | 39% | 32% |
Grand Mesa Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 476 | 15.0 | 25% | 14% |
Mount Garfield Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 569 | 16.7 | 36% | 21% |
Orchard Mesa Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 560 | 16.0 | 45% | 31% |
Redlands Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 632 | 17.3 | 63% | 58% |
West Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 468 | 16.4 | 44% | 26% |
Central High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,352 | 17.0 | — | — |
| 9–12 | 1,427 | 19.3 | — | — | |
Grand Junction High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,832 | 20.0 | — | — |
Grand Mesa Youth Services CenterAlternative | 5–12 | 18 | 10.3 | — | — |
Mesa Valley Community SchoolCharter | 6–12 | 178 | 14.9 | 29% | 27% |
Palisade High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,073 | 18.3 | — | — |
R-5 High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 9–12 | 207 | 12.4 | — | — |
| Pre-K–12 | 12 | 4.0 | — | — | |
Grand River AcademyMostly virtual | K–12 | 461 | 15.0 | 24% | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 2115 Grand Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81501
- Phone
- (970)254-5100
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.