Elementary · Colorado

Nisley Elementary School

Free meals for all

Nisley Elementary School, a public elementary school in Grand Junction, Colorado: grades pre-k–5, 346 students, 16.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 346
Teachers (FTE): 21.0
Students per teacher: 16.5
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 15.1 · 1,025 schools compared

More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of elementary schools in Colorado

Median 370 · 1,025 schools compared

Smaller than 64% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Mesa County Valley School District No. 51

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.

Location

Address: 543 28-3/4 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: (970)254-5900
City or town: Grand Junction
County: Mesa County

Quality of life in Grand Junction Schools in Grand Junction

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Orchard Avenue Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	319	14.3	1.3 mi
Independence AcademyCharter	Pre-K–8	491	17.3	1.3 mi
Fruitvale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	358	13.0	1.3 mi
Pear Park Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	428	15.0	1.9 mi
Chipeta Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	364	14.6	2.1 mi
Tope Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	370	19.1	2.1 mi

Sources

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).

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