Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000613
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School
2888 B1/2 ROAD, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81503 · (970) 254-7940 · Mesa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
13.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
178 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 56% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
44%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
33.3%
CO avg 36.1% . -5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 39.1% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School this school | 289 | 61.6% | 35.1% |
| Sunset Elementary School CRAIG | 261 | 57.9% | 35.3% |
| McKinley Elementary School CANON CITY | 262 | 61.5% | 30.8% |
| Orchard Avenue Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 319 | 60.5% | 43.6% |
| Chatfield Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 371 | 62.5% | 40.1% |
| Cedaredge Elementary School CEDAREDGE | 346 | 59.8% | 41.0% |
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 Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #505 of 931 | #17 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #495 of 940 ▼ 88 | #20 of 27 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #532 of 946 ▲ 4 | #18 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #746 of 1,056 | #24 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #164 of 896 | #2 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #587 of 896 | #12 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #353 of 983 | #11 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #321 of 664 | #10 of 20 |
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
289
-59 (-17%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 289 | 21.4 | 13.5:1 | 62% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 21 | 15.1:1 | 68% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 21.6 | 15.8:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 21 | 16.6:1 | 64% (221) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 21.5 | 16.4:1 | 62% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 57% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 20 | 20.5:1 | 49% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 35% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (353 to 289); teachers unchanged (21.5 to 21.4).
About Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is an elementary school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, and it is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. A federal count lists 289 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Colorado) has about 379 students.
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, where 45 schools serve 20,344 students.
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is 70% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 27% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 82% White among all Mesa County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 21.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 13.5:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Mesa County, the average is 53%.
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School would score about 29.4%. It scores 35.1%, 5.8 points above that figure.
In the county around the school, Mesa County, the median household income is $73,658, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Mesa County is home to 57 public schools and about 22,232 public school students.
Mesa View Elementary School is the public school closest to Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School at 3rd of 5.
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Mid-size in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 289, a 17% decrease from 348 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 16.6:1 to 13.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Mesa View Elementary School1.0 mi · 375
- Grand Mesa Youth Services Center1.3 mi · 18
- Orchard Mesa Middle School1.6 mi · 560
- Dos Rios Elementary School2.2 mi · 293
- New Emerson School at Columbus2.2 mi · 138
- Pear Park Elementary School2.3 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School?
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School are roughly 70% White, 27% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School in?
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary 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.