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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Grand Mesa Middle School administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
476
Middle
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435001656
Grand Mesa Middle School
585 31-1/2 ROAD, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81504 · (970) 254-6270 · Mesa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Colorado public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
307 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 138 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 33% |
Student demographics
54%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
25.1%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.5pp 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 14 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.1% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 10.8% |
% 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
17.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Grand Mesa Middle School
Grand Mesa Middle School's state test result (17.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Mesa Middle School this school | 476 | 64.5% | 17.0% |
| Mount Garfield Middle School CLIFTON | 569 | 68.7% | 26.8% |
| Delta Middle School DELTA | 498 | 55.0% | 30.3% |
| Liberty Point International School PUEBLO WEST | 417 | 60.9% | 25.8% |
| Vineland Middle School PUEBLO | 362 | 62.7% | 26.8% |
| Sterling Middle School STERLING | 397 | 57.7% | 23.6% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Grand Mesa Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #209 of 241 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #195 of 244 ▲ 11 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #201 of 246 ▲ 17 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #130 of 278 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #79 of 227 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #89 of 227 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #76 of 246 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #72 of 169 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
476
-176 (-27%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 476 | 31.8 | 15.0:1 | 64% (307) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 30.7 | 17.1:1 | 68% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 37.3 | 13.7:1 | 59% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 36 | 18.1:1 | 70% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 38.6 | 15.7:1 | 61% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 607 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 61% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 45 | 14.6:1 | 60% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 50% (317) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Mesa Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (608 to 476); teachers down 18% (38.6 to 31.8).
About Grand Mesa Middle School
Grand Mesa Middle School is a middle school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, reachable at (970) 254-6270. The school counted 476 students in 2024-25, covering grades 6 through 8.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 runs 45 schools with a combined 20,344 students. Grand Mesa Middle School is one of them.
The student body at Grand Mesa Middle School is 57% White. It is also 36% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Mesa County's residents are about 82% White, 25 points above the school's share. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Grand Mesa Middle School are from different groups.
Grand Mesa Middle School has 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 15.9:1. The school has 64% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Mesa County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
Grand Mesa Middle School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of Colorado public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Grand Mesa Middle School is 10.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Colorado schools.
The school is in Mesa County, where the median household earns about $73,658 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Across Mesa County, 57 public schools serve about 22,232 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Grand Mesa Middle School from the closest public school, Central High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Grand Mesa Middle School places 8th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Grand Mesa Middle School falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 176 students, from 652 to 476. Students per teacher dropped from 18.1 in 2020-21 to 15.0 in 2024-25.
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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
- Central High School0.2 mi · 1,352
- Ascent Classical Academy of Grand Junction0.7 mi · 457
- Thunder Mountain Elementary School1.0 mi · 432
- Clifton Elementary School1.3 mi · 346
- Chatfield Elementary School1.4 mi · 371
- Fruitvale Elementary School1.5 mi · 358
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Mesa Middle SchoolHow large is Grand Mesa Middle School?
Grand Mesa Middle School enrolls approximately 476 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Grand Mesa Middle School serve?
Grand Mesa Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Grand Mesa Middle School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Grand Mesa Middle School.
How diverse is Grand Mesa Middle School?
Grand Mesa Middle School reports a student body of 57% White, 36% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Grand Mesa Middle School in?
Grand Mesa Middle School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.