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The most racially diverse public schools in Mesa County, Colorado

Across Mesa County, Colorado, 40 public schools are ranked here, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. Nisley Elementary School leads the list at 56.2%, against a median of 44.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Mesa County, Colorado

Top Diversity index

56.2%

Median Diversity index

44.7%

MOST DIVERSE · MESA COUNTY, COLORADO

#	School	City	Students	Diversity index	% White	% Black	% Hispanic	% Asian
1	Nisley Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	346	56.2%	53.5%(185)	1.2%(4)	38.7%(134)	0.9%(3)
2	R-5 High School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	207	56.2%	51.7%(107)	1.0%(2)	40.6%(84)	0.0%(0)
3	Bookcliff Middle School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	525	56.2%	44.4%(233)	0.9%(5)	49.0%(257)	0.8%(4)
4	Chipeta Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	364	55.4%	53.0%(193)	1.1%(4)	40.4%(147)	0.6%(2)
5	Rocky Mountain Elementary School	CLIFTON, CO	395	54.4%	54.2%(214)	0.5%(2)	40.0%(158)	0.3%(1)
6	Grand Mesa Middle School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	476	54.0%	57.1%(272)	0.6%(3)	36.3%(173)	1.9%(9)
7	Central High School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	1,352	53.6%	57.1%(772)	0.4%(6)	37.0%(500)	0.8%(11)
8	Pomona Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	395	53.2%	60.8%(240)	1.3%(5)	31.1%(123)	2.0%(8)
9	Mount Garfield Middle School	CLIFTON, CO	569	52.0%	59.4%(338)	0.9%(5)	35.3%(201)	0.3%(2)
10	Clifton Elementary School	CLIFTON, CO	346	50.6%	59.5%(206)	0.3%(1)	37.3%(129)	0.0%(0)
11	Fruitvale Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	358	50.3%	62.3%(223)	0.3%(1)	33.0%(118)	0.8%(3)
12	Thunder Mountain Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	432	50.0%	64.6%(279)	1.2%(5)	28.5%(123)	2.1%(9)
13	Chatfield Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	371	49.2%	64.7%(240)	1.1%(4)	29.6%(110)	0.3%(1)
14	West Middle School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	468	49.2%	66.9%(313)	1.3%(6)	23.9%(112)	1.5%(7)
15	Pear Park Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	428	48.9%	62.4%(267)	0.2%(1)	34.8%(149)	0.5%(2)
16	Palisade High School	PALISADE, CO	1,073	48.3%	66.1%(709)	0.8%(9)	28.1%(301)	0.7%(7)
17	Dos Rios Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	293	47.6%	64.8%(190)	0.0%(0)	32.1%(94)	0.3%(1)
18	Tope Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	370	47.2%	68.1%(252)	0.5%(2)	24.6%(91)	0.3%(1)
19	Grand Junction High School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	1,832	46.4%	69.2%(1,268)	1.0%(19)	23.3%(427)	1.3%(24)
20	Orchard Mesa Middle School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	560	45.3%	69.5%(389)	0.0%(0)	24.8%(139)	0.4%(2)
21	Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	289	44.1%	69.5%(201)	0.0%(0)	27.3%(79)	0.0%(0)
22	Mesa View Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	375	42.1%	72.8%(273)	0.0%(0)	21.9%(82)	0.8%(3)
23	Rim Rock Elementary School	FRUITA, CO	292	41.2%	74.0%(216)	1.0%(3)	19.9%(58)	1.4%(4)
24	Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	457	40.6%	74.4%(340)	0.2%(1)	19.5%(89)	0.2%(1)
25	Orchard Avenue Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	319	40.1%	74.6%(238)	0.3%(1)	20.4%(65)	1.3%(4)
26	Dual Immersion Academy School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	310	38.5%	22.3%(69)	0.7%(2)	75.2%(233)	0.0%(0)
27	Fruita Middle School	FRUITA, CO	690	33.3%	80.3%(554)	0.3%(2)	14.3%(99)	0.7%(5)
28	Juniper Ridge Community School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	375	32.2%	80.8%(303)	0.0%(0)	15.5%(58)	0.0%(0)
29	Fruita Monument High School	FRUITA, CO	1,427	32.0%	81.4%(1,161)	0.2%(3)	12.8%(182)	1.3%(19)
30	Wingate Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	363	32.0%	81.3%(295)	0.6%(2)	13.8%(50)	0.8%(3)
31	Broadway Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	300	31.4%	82.0%(246)	1.0%(3)	11.0%(33)	1.3%(4)
32	Fruita 8/9 School	FRUITA, CO	591	30.4%	82.4%	0.2%	12.9%	1.0%
33	Appleton Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	439	28.6%	83.6%(367)	0.0%(0)	11.8%(52)	0.9%(4)
34	Redlands Middle School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	632	28.0%	84.2%(532)	0.6%(4)	10.1%(64)	0.9%(6)
35	Independence Academy	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	491	27.3%	84.3%(414)	0.0%(0)	12.2%(60)	0.6%(3)
36	Loma Elementary School	LOMA, CO	207	26.7%	85.0%(176)	0.0%(0)	9.7%(20)	0.0%(0)
37	Taylor Elementary School	PALISADE, CO	310	25.4%	85.5%(265)	0.0%(0)	12.3%(38)	0.3%(1)
38	Shelledy Elementary School	FRUITA, CO	371	25.3%	85.7%(318)	0.0%(0)	11.1%(41)	0.5%(2)
39	Scenic Elementary School	GRAND JUNCTION, CO	243	23.8%	86.8%(211)	0.4%(1)	7.4%(18)	0.8%(2)
40	Monument Ridge Elementary School	FRUITA, CO	300	23.5%	87.0%(261)	0.3%(1)	8.7%(26)	1.0%(3)

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