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
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
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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.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 38.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 34.2% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like Orchard Avenue Elementary School
Orchard Avenue Elementary School's state test result (43.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orchard Avenue Elementary School this school | 319 | 60.5% | 43.6% |
| Cedaredge Elementary School CEDAREDGE | 346 | 59.8% | 41.0% |
| Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 289 | 61.6% | 35.1% |
| McKinley Elementary School CANON CITY | 262 | 61.5% | 30.8% |
| Mesa View Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 375 | 55.2% | 46.5% |
| Juniper Ridge Community School GRAND JUNCTION | 375 | 57.9% | 26.1% |
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 Orchard Avenue Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #387 of 931 | #13 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #425 of 940 ▲ 40 | #15 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #423 of 946 ▲ 6 | #16 of 27 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #651 of 1,056 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #271 of 896 | #5 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #681 of 896 | #15 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.5% | #367 of 983 | #12 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #219 of 664 | #6 of 20 |
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
319
-51 (-14%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
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 | 319 | 22.3 | 14.3:1 | 61% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 21.3 | 14.4:1 | 64% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 24.6 | 13.7:1 | 54% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 60% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 22.8 | 18.3:1 | 58% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 23 | 17.8:1 | 53% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | 22 | 22.2:1 | 41% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 37% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 19 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orchard Avenue Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (417 to 319); teachers down 2% (22.8 to 22.3).
About Orchard Avenue Elementary School
In GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, Orchard Avenue Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 319 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 counts 20,344 students in its 45 schools, and Orchard Avenue Elementary School is one of them.
About 75% of the student body at Orchard Avenue Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at Orchard Avenue Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The school has 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.3:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. Federal data show 61% of students (193) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Mesa County averages 53%, lower than here.
Orchard Avenue Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of Colorado public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Orchard Avenue Elementary School beats its 30.0% prediction with 43.6%, a top-10% result in Colorado.
In Mesa County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $73,658, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Orchard Avenue Elementary School, Mesa County has 57 public schools.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, Tope Elementary School, is the closest to Orchard Avenue Elementary School. Orchard Avenue Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Orchard Avenue Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.