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Mesa Valley Community School

Serves grades 6 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
609 25 Road
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Phone
(970) 254-7202
District
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
County
MESA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
Yes
Students Enrolled
170
Classroom Teachers
10

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Colorado

8

(10 is best)

Better than 73.1% of all CO schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Mesa Valley Community School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
40%
50%
46%
50%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
16
16
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 16 9.4%
Grade 7 23 13.5%
Grade 8 20 11.8%
Grade 9 29 17.1%
Grade 10 22 12.9%
Grade 11 27 15.9%
Grade 12 33 19.4%
Total 170 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.6% 72.3% 53.6%
Black 0.0% 0.5% 4.9%
Hispanic 18.4% 25.5% 37.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.0% 0.8% 3.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.8% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 53.8% 38.7%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 45.6% 31.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 8.3% 6.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 153,780 5,877,610
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 70.5 56
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.5% 36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.4% 24.3%
65 OR OLDER 20.5% 15.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 63,283 2,325,576
Single Parent Households With Children 7.4% 6.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.3% 92.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 30.7% 44.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 15.2% 27.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.2% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 13.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.7% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.7% 11.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.4% 7.7%
$15,000 or less 8.3% 6.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,584 $132,201,000 46.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,115 $22,377,000 7.9%
Staff $837 $16,809,000 6.0%
General Administration $212 $4,248,000 1.5%
School Administration $887 $17,813,000 6.3%
Operation $931 $18,683,000 6.6%
Transportation $389 $7,817,000 2.8%
Other $1,002 $20,118,000 7.1%
Total Support $5,372 $107,865,000 38.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,106 $42,287,000 15.0%
Total Expenditures $14,063 $282,353,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,644 $5,785,874,000 42.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $874 $761,220,000 5.6%
Staff $718 $624,884,000 4.6%
General Administration $235 $204,477,000 1.5%
School Administration $930 $810,034,000 5.9%
Operation $1,222 $1,064,273,000 7.8%
Transportation $313 $272,720,000 2.0%
Other $989 $861,569,000 6.3%
Total Support $5,281 $4,599,177,000 33.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,809 $3,316,801,000 24.2%
Total Expenditures $15,734 $13,701,852,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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