Enrollment
243
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000624
Scenic Elementary School
451 WEST SCENIC DR, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81507 · (970) 254-6370 · Mesa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL243 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Colorado public elementary schools
- ATest 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
16.3:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
70 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
24%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
62.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
CO avg 36.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 66.4% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 15 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 Scenic Elementary School
Scenic Elementary School's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic Elementary School this school | 243 | 28.8% | 64.1% |
| Monument Ridge Elementary School FRUITA | 300 | 30.3% | 48.9% |
| West Jefferson Elementary School CONIFER | 252 | 22.6% | 56.8% |
| Coyote Ridge Elementary School FORT COLLINS | 242 | 27.3% | 61.0% |
| Nederland Elementary School NEDERLAND | 196 | 33.2% | 59.8% |
| Broadway Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 300 | 32.0% | 65.6% |
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 Scenic Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #111 of 931 | #3 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #143 of 940 ▼ 75 | #4 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #167 of 946 ▼ 59 | #5 of 27 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 243 | #847 of 1,056 | #25 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #586 of 896 | #17 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #860 of 896 | #25 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #721 of 983 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #493 of 664 | #17 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
243
+9 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 243 | 14.9 | 16.3:1 | 29% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 215 | 14.7 | 14.6:1 | 38% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 14.8 | 18.0:1 | 25% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 15 | 15.6:1 | 36% (84) |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 14.5 | 18.4:1 | 29% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 14 | 19.7:1 | 28% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 239 | 14 | 17.1:1 | 33% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 244 | 13 | 18.8:1 | 19% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 14 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scenic Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (267 to 243); teachers up 3% (14.5 to 14.9).
About Scenic Elementary School
Students in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, attend Scenic Elementary School, a small elementary school. Enrollment totals 243 students across kindergarten through 5. Across elementary schools in Colorado, the average enrollment is about 379.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, which runs Scenic Elementary School, has 45 schools and 20,344 students.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Scenic Elementary School comes to 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3:1. It is about the same as the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. On the income side, 29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 53% average for public schools in Mesa County.
Scenic Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Colorado public elementary schools.
A school in Colorado with Scenic Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 49.3%. Scenic Elementary School scores 64.1%.
Census data for Mesa County show the median household earns about $73,658 a year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Scenic Elementary School, Mesa County has 57 public schools.
The closest school to Scenic Elementary School is Broadway Elementary School, located about 1.4 miles away. Scenic Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 53.3% on proficiency, and Scenic Elementary School is above that at 64.1%.
The federal government classifies Scenic Elementary School's location as Suburb: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 243, from 234 in 2020-21.
The Scenic Elementary School discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Broadway Elementary School1.4 mi · 300
- Mesa Valley Community School1.8 mi · 178
- Dual Immersion Academy School1.8 mi · 310
- Redlands Middle School1.9 mi · 632
- Wingate Elementary School2.1 mi · 363
- Pomona Elementary School2.1 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Scenic Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Scenic Elementary School?
Scenic Elementary School enrolls approximately 243 students in grades KG-05.
Is Scenic Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scenic Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Scenic Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Scenic Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Scenic Elementary School?
At Scenic Elementary School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Scenic Elementary School public or private?
Scenic 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.