Fruita Monument High School

As a sizable secondary school in FRUITA, Colorado, Fruita Monument High School caters to 1,427 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. Enrollment runs roughly 128% bigger than the state mean of about 627.

Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 20,344 students; Fruita Monument High School is among them.

Demographically, Fruita Monument High School shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mesa County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting Fruita Monument High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mesa County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Fruita Monument High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.7%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Mesa County put median household earnings sit near $73,658, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mesa County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students), Fruita Monument High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fruita Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Fruita Monument High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Fruita Monument High School's enrollment has increased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,275 (now 1,427). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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