Wingate Elementary School

Set in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado, Wingate Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school, part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. It instructs 363 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, Wingate Elementary School records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mesa County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Mesa County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, Wingate Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Colorado schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.7%; actual is 71.8%, +17.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Mesa County reports that 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. In all, Mesa County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,232 students), of which Wingate Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Broadway Elementary School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wingate Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Wingate Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.0%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.