Northside Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary-level community in MONTROSE, Colorado, Northside Elementary School teaches 327 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Montrose County School District Re-1J.

Montrose County School District Re-1J runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 5,977 students. Northside Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Northside Elementary School records that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, Northside Elementary School lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Montrose County's rate of about 56%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 20.4%, the actual is 24.8%, a residual of +4.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Montrose County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $72,120 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Montrose County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,237 students), Northside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Peak Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Northside Elementary School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northside Elementary School has ticked down 11%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 327 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 61% to 55% across the same window.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.