Plateau Valley Elementary School

Plateau Valley Elementary School is a micro-enrollment primary school in COLLBRAN, Colorado, part of Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa. The school instructs 142 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 63% smaller than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Across the 4 schools in Plateau Valley School District No. 50 in the county of Mesa (303 students total), Plateau Valley Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Plateau Valley Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Mesa County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Plateau Valley Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -3.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mesa County put the typical household earns roughly $73,658 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Plateau Valley Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in Mesa County (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students).

The closest other public school is Plateau Valley Junior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Plateau Valley Elementary School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Plateau Valley Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 19.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 10%: 129 students in 2018 compared to 142 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.