Enrollment
319
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000618
Orchard Avenue Elementary School
1800 ORCHARD AVE, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 · (970) 254-7560 · Mesa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
193 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
46.3%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
38.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.0%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Colorado's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
319
-98 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 18.3:1
% White
75%
was 76%
% Hispanic
20%
was 19%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Orchard Avenue Elementary School
Orchard Avenue Elementary School, a cozy elementary-level community in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, teaches 319 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, which oversees 45 schools and 20,344 students, Orchard Avenue Elementary School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Orchard Avenue Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at Orchard Avenue Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Mesa County's rate of about 53%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Orchard Avenue Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.0%; this one delivers 43.6%, a residual of +13.5 points.
Around the school, Mesa County reports that median household income runs about $73,658, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Mesa County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students), of which Orchard Avenue Elementary School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Tope Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orchard Avenue Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.9%.
Orchard Avenue Elementary School operates from a city-core location.
Over the past 7-year window. Orchard Avenue Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 319). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Orchard Avenue Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. 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
- Tope Elementary School0.9 mi · 370
- Grand River Academy0.9 mi · 461
- R-5 High School1.0 mi · 207
- Chipeta Elementary School1.1 mi · 364
- Grand Junction High School1.1 mi · 1,832
- Nisley Elementary School1.3 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Orchard Avenue Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Orchard Avenue Elementary School?
Orchard Avenue Elementary School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Orchard Avenue Elementary School serve?
Orchard Avenue Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Orchard Avenue Elementary School have?
Orchard Avenue Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orchard Avenue Elementary School?
At Orchard Avenue Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Orchard Avenue Elementary School public or private?
Orchard Avenue Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
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