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Best kept secret at Chatfield Elementary School?
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Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000601
Chatfield Elementary School
3188 D1/2 ROAD, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81504 · (970) 254-4930 · Mesa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
232 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
44.5%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 44.5% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 38.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chatfield Elementary School
Chatfield Elementary School's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatfield Elementary School this school | 371 | 62.5% | 40.1% |
| Campbell Elementary School STERLING | 347 | 65.4% | 24.2% |
| Wray Elementary School WRAY | 409 | 63.6% | 48.6% |
| Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 289 | 61.6% | 35.1% |
| Garnet Mesa Elementary School DELTA | 488 | 63.3% | 37.1% |
| Lincoln Elementary School DELTA | 371 | 66.6% | 33.8% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chatfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #437 of 931 | #15 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #349 of 940 ▲ 57 | #11 of 27 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #381 of 946 ▲ 70 | #13 of 27 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #505 of 1,056 | #9 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #731 of 896 | #22 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #476 of 896 | #8 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.5% | #347 of 983 | #10 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #546 of 664 | #18 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
371
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 371 | 21.1 | 17.6:1 | 63% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 22.4 | 16.6:1 | 69% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 22.2 | 18.0:1 | 62% (248) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 19 | 20.5:1 | 70% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 22 | 18.1:1 | 63% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 22 | 18.8:1 | 54% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 58% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 55% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 601 | 29 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chatfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (398 to 371); teachers down 4% (22 to 21.1).
About Chatfield Elementary School
Chatfield Elementary School is an elementary school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, reachable at (970) 254-4930. In all, 371 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 counts 45 schools and 20,344 students, including Chatfield Elementary School.
The student body at Chatfield Elementary School is 65% White. The school is also 30% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 21.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 17.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 1.0 students per teacher. Roughly 63% of students at Chatfield Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 53% average for public schools in Mesa County is 10 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Chatfield Elementary School would score about 28.8%. It scores 40.1%, 11.3 points above that figure.
For Mesa County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $73,658, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The county has 57 public schools and about 22,232 students.
The closest school to Chatfield Elementary School is Rocky Mountain Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Chatfield Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 40.1% versus a 22.7% average.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 19 students, from 390 to 371. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.5:1 to 17.6:1.
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Mesa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
158,601
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
22,232 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Fruita Monument High SchoolHigh · 1,427 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Palisade High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Fruita Middle SchoolMiddle · 690 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
Other schools in GRAND JUNCTION
- Grand Junction High SchoolHigh · 1,832 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Caprock AcademyCombined · 871 students
- Redlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Orchard Mesa Middle SchoolMiddle · 560 students
- Bookcliff Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
Other Chatfield Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Chatfield Elementary. Chatfield Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- CHATFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHATFIELD, MN · 469 students
- CHATFIELD ELEMENTARYBELLE PLAINE, MN · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Rocky Mountain Elementary School0.7 mi · 395
- Central High School1.3 mi · 1,352
- Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction1.3 mi · 457
- Grand Mesa Middle School1.4 mi · 476
- Pear Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 428
- Clifton Elementary School1.8 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Chatfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Chatfield Elementary School?
Chatfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
Is Chatfield Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chatfield Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chatfield Elementary School have?
Chatfield Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Chatfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Chatfield Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Chatfield Elementary School?
Chatfield Elementary School is overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 in Mesa County.
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