Mesa Elementary School

Mesa Elementary School is a primary school of small scale in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, run under Westminster Public Schools, hosting 317 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Westminster Public Schools comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 7,724 students; Mesa Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mesa Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% White, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Mesa Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mesa Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 12.2%, the actual is 19.7%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Adams County shows median household income runs about $94,571, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mesa Elementary School is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

Shaw Heights Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mesa Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mesa Elementary School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 20.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 368 students in 2018 compared to 317 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 67% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.