Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435006374
Chipeta Elementary School
950 CHIPETA AVENUE, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 · (970) 254-6825 · Mesa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
278 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 19% |
Student demographics
55%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
44.4%
CO avg 44.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.4% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 33.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 20% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Colorado's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Chipeta Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #507 of 931 | #18 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #481 of 940 | #18 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #445 of 946 | #17 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #531 of 1,056 | #12 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #312 of 896 | #7 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #301 of 896 | #2 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.4% | #193 of 983 | #6 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #378 of 664 | #13 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
364
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 364 | 24.9 | 14.7:1 | 76% (278) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 23.6 | 15.4:1 | 75% (274) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 26.6 | 14.1:1 | 66% (249) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 80% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 76% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 82% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 26 | 18.1:1 | 69% (326) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chipeta Elementary School.
About Chipeta Elementary School
Chipeta Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, under Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. The school has 364 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 counts 20,344 students in its 45 schools, and Chipeta Elementary School is one of them.
About 53% of the student body at Chipeta Elementary School is White. Other students are 40% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Mesa County residents are about 82% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 24.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.7:1. Compared with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 76%. It compares with 53% for public schools in Mesa County.
Chipeta Elementary School is in the top 10% of Colorado schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.4%. The school's actual rate is 34.8%, 14.3 points higher.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mesa County show that median household income comes to about $73,658, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 57, with about 22,232 students.
Grand River Academy is about 0.4 miles from Chipeta Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Chipeta Elementary School is 3rd among 6 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Chipeta Elementary School enrolled 399 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 364. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.0:1 to 14.7:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Grand River Academy0.4 mi · 461
- Grand Junction High School0.6 mi · 1,832
- R-5 High School0.8 mi · 207
- Tope Elementary School1.0 mi · 370
- Orchard Avenue Elementary School1.1 mi · 319
- West Middle School1.1 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About Chipeta Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chipeta Elementary School?
Chipeta Elementary School enrolls approximately 364 students in grades PK-05.
Is Chipeta Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chipeta Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Chipeta Elementary School have?
Chipeta Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chipeta Elementary School?
At Chipeta Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Chipeta Elementary School?
Chipeta Elementary School is overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 in Mesa County.
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