Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9-R·NCES 080348000449
Florida Mesa Elementary School
216 HIGHWAY 172, DURANGO, CO 81303 · (970) 247-4250 · La Plata County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
154 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
34.5%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.8pp since 2023
Math
28.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 28.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 23.0% |
% 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Florida Mesa Elementary School
Florida Mesa Elementary School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Mesa Elementary School this school | 293 | 52.6% | 31.6% |
| Sarah Milner Elementary School LOVELAND | 264 | 53.4% | 25.0% |
| Falcon Elementary School of Technology FALCON | 318 | 47.5% | 35.9% |
| Mountain Song Community School COLORADO SPRINGS | 324 | 47.2% | 29.6% |
| Frontier Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 262 | 48.1% | 36.3% |
| Sunset Elementary School CRAIG | 261 | 57.9% | 35.3% |
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 Florida Mesa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In La Plata County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #554 of 931 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #559 of 940 ▲ 79 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #580 of 946 ▼ 70 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #731 of 1,056 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #11 of 896 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #208 of 896 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #449 of 983 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #291 of 664 | #4 of 7 |
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
293
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 293 | 28.3 | 10.4:1 | 53% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 286 | 25.3 | 11.3:1 | 50% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 278 | 24.3 | 11.4:1 | 42% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 40% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 25.9 | 14.0:1 | 46% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 350 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 51% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 45% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 34% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florida Mesa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (363 to 293); teachers up 9% (25.9 to 28.3).
About Florida Mesa Elementary School
Students in DURANGO, Colorado, attend Florida Mesa Elementary School, a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 293 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Florida Mesa Elementary School is run by Durango School District No. 9-R, whose 13 schools enroll 5,089 students.
At 56%, White students outnumber all other groups at Florida Mesa Elementary School combined. The school is also 28% Hispanic, 9% Native American, and 6% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 82%. Florida Mesa Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Florida Mesa Elementary School, 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.4:1. That ratio is under the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 53% of enrollment. The 39% average for public schools in La Plata County is 14 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Florida Mesa Elementary School is C. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 34% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Florida Mesa Elementary School is 3.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 31.6%. Predicted: 34.9%.
In the county around the school, La Plata County, median household income is about $86,056, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Florida Mesa Elementary School is among the 24 public schools in La Plata County.
Nearest public school: Escalante Middle School, about 3.8 miles away. The five-mile area around Florida Mesa Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Florida Mesa Elementary School's average proficiency of 31.6% compares with 46.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 278 in 2020-21 and 293 in 2024-25, a increase of 15 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.6:1 to 10.4:1.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
La Plata County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,331
Census ACS
Median income
$86,056
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durango School District No. 9-R
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other schools in DURANGO
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Escalante Middle School3.8 mi · 461
- The Juniper School4.6 mi · 171
- Animas High School5.2 mi · 249
- Park Elementary School5.2 mi · 452
- Southwest Colorado eSchool5.9 mi · 48
- Riverview Elementary School6.1 mi · 374
Frequently asked questions
About Florida Mesa Elementary SchoolHow large is Florida Mesa Elementary School?
Florida Mesa Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Florida Mesa Elementary School serve?
Florida Mesa Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Florida Mesa Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Florida Mesa Elementary School is approximately 10.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Florida Mesa Elementary School?
Florida Mesa Elementary School reports a student body of 56% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Florida Mesa Elementary School public or private?
Florida Mesa Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Durango School District No. 9-R.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.