Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESA COUNTY VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 51·NCES 080435001347
Wingate Elementary School
351 SOUTH CAMP ROAD, GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81507 · (970) 254-4960 · Mesa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Colorado public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
15.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
72 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 | 36 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 54% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
32%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
80.6%
CO avg 44.9% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
69.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 69.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.7% | 62.9% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 55% 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 17 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 Wingate Elementary School
Wingate Elementary School's state test result (71.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate Elementary School this school | 363 | 19.8% | 71.8% |
| Strawberry Park Elementary School STEAMBOAT SPRINGS | 368 | 19.8% | 64.7% |
| Elk Creek Elementary School PINE | 323 | 21.7% | 57.9% |
| Lewis-Palmer Elementary School MONUMENT | 409 | 19.1% | 53.4% |
| Edith Wolford Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 372 | 20.4% | 51.9% |
| Runyon Elementary School LITTLETON | 423 | 20.3% | 64.0% |
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 Wingate Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Mesa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #44 of 931 | #1 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #57 of 940 ▲ 40 | #1 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #22 of 946 ▲ 30 | #1 of 27 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #533 of 1,056 | #13 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #421 of 896 | #12 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #784 of 896 | #18 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.8% | #834 of 983 | #27 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #269 of 664 | #8 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
363
-80 (-18%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 363 | 23.8 | 15.3:1 | 20% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 24.2 | 16.2:1 | 28% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 24.3 | 15.6:1 | 17% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 24 | 18.5:1 | 29% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 21.9 | 20.9:1 | 21% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 22 | 20.1:1 | 18% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 24 | 19.1:1 | 19% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 22 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wingate Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (458 to 363); teachers up 9% (21.9 to 23.8).
About Wingate Elementary School
This page covers Wingate Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado. There are 363 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 runs Wingate Elementary School along with 44 other schools, enrolling 20,344 students in total.
The share of White students at Wingate Elementary School is 81%. The next largest groups are 14% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Mesa County overall, the White share is about 82%. The diversity index for Wingate Elementary School is 32%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado, 16.6:1, is higher. A total of 72 students, or 20%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Mesa County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Wingate Elementary School outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Wingate Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 17.1 points. The model expects 54.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Colorado; the school's rate is 71.8%.
The school is in Mesa County, where median household income comes to about $73,658, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mesa County counts 57 public schools with about 22,232 students.
Broadway Elementary School sits about 1.7 miles from Wingate Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Wingate Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment was 363 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 443. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 18.5:1 in 2020-21 to 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Wingate Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Other Wingate Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wingate Elementary. Wingate Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Wingate Elementary SchoolShiloh, IL · 424 students
- Wingate ElementaryWingate, NC · 394 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolFt. Wingate, NM · 366 students
- Wingate Elementary SchoolWingate, PA · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Broadway Elementary School1.7 mi · 300
- Redlands Middle School1.9 mi · 632
- Scenic Elementary School2.1 mi · 243
- Dual Immersion Academy School3.7 mi · 310
- Mesa Valley Community School3.8 mi · 178
- Pomona Elementary School4.2 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About Wingate Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wingate Elementary School?
Wingate Elementary School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wingate Elementary School serve?
Wingate Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Wingate Elementary School have?
Wingate Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Wingate Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wingate Elementary School are roughly 81% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Wingate Elementary School in?
Wingate Elementary School is part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.