Chatfield Elementary School

Chatfield Elementary School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. Current enrollment sits at 371 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 runs 45 schools in total, collectively educating 20,344 students. Chatfield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Chatfield Elementary School shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Chatfield Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mesa County (around 53%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Chatfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.8%; this one delivers 40.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mesa County indicate median household income runs about $73,658, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chatfield Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in Mesa County (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rocky Mountain Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Chatfield Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 398 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 65% across the same window.

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