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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Graham Mesa Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE-2·NCES 080624006436
Graham Mesa Elementary School
1575 FARMSTEAD PARKWAY, RIFLE, CO 81650 · (970) 665-7500 · Garfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
19.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
198 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 44 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 27% larger than 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 51% · 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
24.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
21.8%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.9% | 21.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.9% | 19.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Graham Mesa Elementary School
Graham Mesa Elementary School's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Mesa Elementary School this school | 424 | 46.7% | 25.1% |
| Basalt Elementary School BASALT | 539 | 46.2% | 40.4% |
| Dillon Valley Elementary School DILLON | 395 | 51.1% | 35.9% |
| Red Hill Elementary School GYPSUM | 336 | 44.3% | 22.6% |
| Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School LAFAYETTE | 439 | 46.2% | 48.9% |
| Silverthorne Elementary School SILVERTHORNE | 339 | 44.8% | 23.1% |
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 Graham Mesa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Garfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #677 of 931 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #678 of 940 ▲ 24 | #9 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #742 of 946 ▼ 143 | #12 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #382 of 1,056 | #5 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #850 of 896 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #491 of 896 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #512 of 983 | #7 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.5% | #57 of 200 | #2 of 8 |
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
424
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
+16% since 2010-11, when it was 364
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 47% (198) |
| 2023-24 | 427 | 26.5 | 16.1:1 | 37% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 24.3 | 17.5:1 | 35% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 21.2 | 16.4:1 | 50% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 57% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 20 | 18.2:1 | 49% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Graham Mesa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (349 to 424); teachers up 3% (21.2 to 22).
About Graham Mesa Elementary School
Graham Mesa Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in RIFLE, Colorado. It enrolls 424 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Garfield School District No. Re-2 has 10 schools; together they serve 4,695 students.
About 59% of the student body at Graham Mesa Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 40% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Graham Mesa Elementary School scores 49%.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado is 16.6:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Graham Mesa Elementary School, 47% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Graham Mesa Elementary School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
A school in Colorado with Graham Mesa Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 38.4%. Graham Mesa Elementary School scores 25.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Garfield County show that the median household earns about $91,131 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Garfield County, 29 public schools serve about 10,790 students.
The closest school to Graham Mesa Elementary School is Highland Elementary School, located about 0.6 miles away. Graham Mesa Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Graham Mesa Elementary School ranks 4th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 25.1% against a local average of 24.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.5:1 to 19.3:1.
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Garfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,479
Census ACS
Median income
$91,131
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield School District No. Re-2
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Coal Ridge High SchoolHigh · 578 students
- Rifle Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Riverside SchoolMiddle · 483 students
- Cactus Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other schools in RIFLE
- Rifle High SchoolHigh · 778 students
- Rifle Middle SchoolMiddle · 552 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
- Wamsley Elementary SchoolElementary · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Elementary School0.6 mi · 451
- Wamsley Elementary School0.9 mi · 420
- Rifle Middle School1.5 mi · 552
- Rifle High School1.6 mi · 778
- Cactus Valley Elementary School5.3 mi · 462
- Coal Ridge High School8.1 mi · 578
Frequently asked questions
About Graham Mesa Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Graham Mesa Elementary School?
Graham Mesa Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Graham Mesa Elementary School serve?
Graham Mesa Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Graham Mesa Elementary School?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Graham Mesa Elementary School.
How diverse is Graham Mesa Elementary School?
Graham Mesa Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 59% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Graham Mesa Elementary School?
Graham Mesa Elementary School is overseen by Garfield School District No. Re-2 in Garfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.