Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435000626
Taylor Elementary School
689 BRENTWOOD DR, PALISADE, CO 81526 · (970) 254-4870 · Mesa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
132 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 | 21 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
Student demographics
25%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
58.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
54.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.7% | 54.2% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 50.4% |
% 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
54.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% 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 13 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 →
Where Taylor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #228 of 931 | #4 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #211 of 940 | #8 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #233 of 946 | #7 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #685 of 1,056 | #18 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #613 of 896 | #19 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #849 of 896 | #23 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.6% | #551 of 983 | #19 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #164 of 664 | #3 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
310
-26 (-8%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 310 | 18.8 | 16.5:1 | 43% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 301 | 20.3 | 14.8:1 | 45% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 21.7 | 14.8:1 | 33% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 22 | 15.3:1 | 46% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 23.5 | 18.0:1 | 46% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 47% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 43% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 22 | 20.6:1 | 41% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 26 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Taylor Elementary School.
About Taylor Elementary School
Taylor Elementary School is a public elementary school in PALISADE, Colorado. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 310 students.
Taylor Elementary School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, where 45 schools serve 20,344 students.
Taylor Elementary School is 85% White by enrollment. Next come 12% Hispanic. That is in line with Mesa County, where about 82% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 25%.
On staff are 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.5:1. That is in line with the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Taylor Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 43%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Mesa County is 53%.
Compared with Colorado schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Taylor Elementary School does better than predicted by 13.3 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.2%; the prediction is 40.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mesa County show that median household income comes to about $73,658, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Mesa County counts 57 public schools with about 22,232 students.
Taylor Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Palisade High School, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Taylor Elementary School at 1st of 9.
Federal data place Taylor Elementary School in the Suburb: Mid-size locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 336 in 2020-21 to 310 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.3:1 to 16.5:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Palisade High School0.9 mi · 1,073
- Mount Garfield Middle School3.0 mi · 569
- Clifton Elementary School5.0 mi · 346
- Rocky Mountain Elementary School5.6 mi · 395
- Chatfield Elementary School6.3 mi · 371
- Grand Mesa Middle School6.3 mi · 476
Frequently asked questions
About Taylor Elementary SchoolHow large is Taylor Elementary School?
Taylor Elementary School enrolls approximately 310 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Taylor Elementary School serve?
Taylor Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Taylor Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Taylor Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Taylor Elementary School?
Taylor Elementary School reports a student body of 85% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Taylor Elementary School in?
Taylor Elementary School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
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