Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School

Located at 2888 B1/2 ROAD, in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is a compact elementary-level community that serves 289 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 379 students each, so Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, which oversees 45 schools and 20,344 students, Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest consists of 27% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.4%; this one delivers 35.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Mesa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,658 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in Mesa County (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mesa View Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 18%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.