Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000602
Clifton Elementary School
3276 F ROAD, CLIFTON, CO 81520 · (970) 254-4760 · Mesa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
261 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
14.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
12.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
346
-110 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.5:1
% White
60%
was 61%
% Hispanic
37%
was 35%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Clifton Elementary School
Located at 3276 F ROAD, in CLIFTON, Colorado, Clifton Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community that hosts 346 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
Within Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, which oversees 45 schools and 20,344 students, Clifton Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Clifton Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest looks like 37% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Mesa County's rate of about 53%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clifton Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.0%, the actual is 14.6%, a residual of -6.4 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mesa County indicate median household income runs about $73,658, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mesa County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students), of which Clifton Elementary School is one.
The closest other public school is Grand Mesa Middle School, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clifton Elementary School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 25.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clifton Elementary School has contracted 24%, going from 456 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.
On allk12, members of the Clifton Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 CLIFTON
- Mount Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 569 students
- Rocky Mountain Elementary SchoolElementary · 395 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Mesa Middle School1.3 mi · 476
- Central High School1.5 mi · 1,352
- Rocky Mountain Elementary School1.6 mi · 395
- Chatfield Elementary School1.8 mi · 371
- Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction2.0 mi · 457
- Mount Garfield Middle School2.0 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Clifton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clifton Elementary School?
Clifton Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Clifton Elementary School serve?
Clifton Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clifton Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clifton Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clifton Elementary School?
At Clifton Elementary School, the student body is approximately 60% White, 37% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Clifton Elementary School public or private?
Clifton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.