Rocky Mountain Elementary School

Rocky Mountain Elementary School is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in CLIFTON, Colorado, one of the schools within Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, serveing 395 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 comprises 45 schools with combined enrollment of 20,344 students; Rocky Mountain Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Rocky Mountain Elementary School lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Rocky Mountain Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Rocky Mountain Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Mesa County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rocky Mountain Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.5%; this one delivers 17.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mesa County put median household earnings sit near $73,658, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Mesa County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students), of which Rocky Mountain Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Chatfield Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rocky Mountain Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 44% to 40%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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