Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOULDER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. RE2·NCES 080249000129
Mesa Elementary School
1575 LEHIGH STREET, BOULDER, CO 80305 · (720) 561-3000 · Boulder County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
34 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 20 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
73.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +5.2pp since 2023
Math
69.3%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 69.3% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 66.7% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Mesa Elementary School
Mesa Elementary School's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Elementary School this school | 250 | 13.6% | 70.1% |
| St. Vrain Community Montessori School LONGMONT | 260 | 15.4% | N/A |
| Normandy Elementary School LITTLETON | 262 | 18.3% | 57.6% |
| Douglass Elementary School BOULDER | 313 | 14.1% | 66.5% |
| Creativity Challenge Community DENVER | 306 | 14.4% | 71.6% |
| Parmalee Elementary School INDIAN HILLS | 278 | 11.5% | 80.6% |
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 Mesa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Boulder County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #54 of 931 | #12 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #56 of 940 ▲ 7 | #11 of 48 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #60 of 946 ▲ 47 | #12 of 48 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #829 of 1,056 | #44 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #493 of 896 | #25 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #712 of 896 | #33 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #908 of 983 | #41 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #516 of 664 | #38 of 44 |
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
250
+14 (+6%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 411
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 250 | 15.9 | 15.7:1 | 14% (34) |
| 2023-24 | 246 | 16.1 | 15.3:1 | 17% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 246 | 16.1 | 15.3:1 | 13% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 16 | 14.8:1 | 7% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 272 | 14.9 | 18.3:1 | 5% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 16 | 20.0:1 | 8% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 3% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 4% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 411 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mesa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (272 to 250); teachers up 7% (14.9 to 15.9).
About Mesa Elementary School
Among the schools in BOULDER, Colorado, is Mesa Elementary School, a small elementary school. The school had 250 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Colorado is about 379, so this school runs 34% smaller than that.
Boulder Valley School District No. Re2 operates 56 schools. Combined enrollment is 27,988 students.
A majority of students at Mesa Elementary School, 77%, are White. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, about 78% of residents are White. Mesa Elementary School has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 15.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 15.7:1. The 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 14% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. The gap from the 33% average for public schools in Boulder County is 19 points.
Mesa Elementary School scores 70.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Boulder County show that median household income is about $103,994, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 64% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Mesa Elementary School is one of 86 public schools in Boulder County, which together enroll about 42,200 students.
The closest other public school is Bear Creek Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Mesa Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Mesa Elementary School had 236 students in 2020-21 and 250 in 2024-25, a 6% rise.
The Mesa Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Boulder County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
328,961
Census ACS
Median income
$103,994
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
64%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
42,200 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boulder Valley School District No. Re2
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Broomfield High SchoolHigh · 1,693 students
- Centaurus High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- Peak to Peak Charter SchoolCombined · 1,447 students
- Monarch High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
Other schools in BOULDER
- Boulder High SchoolHigh · 1,939 students
- Fairview High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Williamsburg Academy of ColoradoHigh · 622 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 598 students
- Southern Hills Middle SchoolMiddle · 502 students
- Nevin Platt Middle SchoolMiddle · 483 students
Other Mesa Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mesa Elementary. Mesa Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 9.
- Mesa Elementary SchoolFOUNTAIN, CO · 668 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolCORTEZ, CO · 359 students
- Mesa Elementary SchoolWESTMINSTER, CO · 317 students
- Mesa ElementaryWest Covina, CA · 753 students
- Mesa ElementarySomis, CA · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Bear Creek Elementary School0.6 mi · 318
- Fairview High School0.8 mi · 1,863
- Community Montessori School0.8 mi · 277
- Southern Hills Middle School0.9 mi · 502
- Summit Middle Charter School1.3 mi · 366
- Creekside Elementary School at Martin Park1.4 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Mesa Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mesa Elementary School?
Mesa Elementary School enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mesa Elementary School serve?
Mesa Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mesa Elementary School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Mesa Elementary School.
How diverse is Mesa Elementary School?
Mesa Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Mesa Elementary School in?
Mesa Elementary School is part of Boulder Valley School District No. Re2.
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