Enrollment
335
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTROSE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-1J·NCES 080579000999
Pomona Elementary School
1045 SOUTH CASCADE, MONTROSE, CO 81401 · (970) 249-2514 · Montrose County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL335 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
15.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
226 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
31.7%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
23.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 23.2% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 17.9% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 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 Pomona Elementary School
Pomona Elementary School's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pomona Elementary School this school | 335 | 67.5% | 27.2% |
| Little Elementary School ARVADA | 310 | 65.2% | 21.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary School DELTA | 371 | 66.6% | 33.8% |
| Campbell Elementary School STERLING | 347 | 65.4% | 24.2% |
| Secrest Elementary School ARVADA | 334 | 66.5% | 24.2% |
| Fruitvale Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 358 | 70.1% | 27.3% |
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 Pomona Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Montrose County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #630 of 931 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #657 of 940 ▲ 84 | #5 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #627 of 946 ▼ 15 | #3 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #602 of 1,056 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #436 of 896 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #258 of 896 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.5% | #286 of 983 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #367 of 664 | #2 of 7 |
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
335
0 (0%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 335 | 21.8 | 15.3:1 | 67% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 71% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 21.9 | 15.4:1 | 61% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 65% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 398 | 22.3 | 17.8:1 | 48% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 54% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 25 | 17.1:1 | 62% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 31 | 17.1:1 | 37% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 15 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pomona Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (398 to 335); teachers down 2% (22.3 to 21.8).
About Pomona Elementary School
Pomona Elementary School serves students in MONTROSE, Colorado, as a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 335 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5.
Montrose County School District Re-1J enrolls 5,977 students, and its 15 schools include Pomona Elementary School.
At Pomona Elementary School, 53% of students are White. Smaller groups are 38% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Montrose County is roughly 78% White. The diversity index for Pomona Elementary School is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Pomona Elementary School has 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. The gap from the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado is 1.2 students per teacher. At Pomona Elementary School, 67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 11 points above the 56% average for public schools in Montrose County.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Pomona Elementary School outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 25.8% for a school in Colorado with Pomona Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Pomona Elementary School posts 27.2%.
Census data for Montrose County show median household income comes to about $72,120, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 19 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,237, Pomona Elementary School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Columbine Middle School is about 0.3 miles from Pomona Elementary School. The five-mile area around Pomona Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Pomona Elementary School comes in 4th of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Pomona Elementary School is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 335, close to the 335 recorded in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Pomona Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Montrose County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,807
Census ACS
Median income
$72,120
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
6,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montrose County School District Re-1J
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Olathe Middle/High SchoolHigh · 499 students
- Columbine Middle SchoolMiddle · 491 students
- Olathe Elementary SchoolElementary · 424 students
Other schools in MONTROSE
- Montrose High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolMiddle · 540 students
- Johnson Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Columbine Middle SchoolMiddle · 491 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
Other Pomona Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pomona Elementary. Pomona Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Pomona Elementary SchoolGRAND JUNCTION, CO · 395 students
- Pomona Elementary SchoolMANVEL, TX · 721 students
- Pomona ElementaryCosta Mesa, CA · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Columbine Middle School0.3 mi · 491
- Montrose High School0.3 mi · 1,279
- Black Canyon High School0.4 mi · 100
- Vista Charter School0.4 mi · 188
- Outer Range0.5 mi · 71
- Early Childhood Center0.5 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Pomona Elementary SchoolHow large is Pomona Elementary School?
Pomona Elementary School enrolls approximately 335 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Pomona Elementary School serve?
Pomona Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pomona Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pomona Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pomona Elementary School?
At Pomona Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pomona Elementary School?
Pomona Elementary School is overseen by Montrose County School District Re-1J in Montrose County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.