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Mesa County Valley School District No. 51

Grand Junction, Colorado · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

19,753
Students enrolled
44
Public schools
1,261
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 816
  • Kindergarten 1,223
  • Grade 1 1,272
  • Grade 2 1,301
  • Grade 3 1,445
  • Grade 4 1,494
  • Grade 5 1,489
  • Grade 6 1,458
  • Grade 7 1,467
  • Grade 8 1,458
  • Grade 9 1,604
  • Grade 10 1,498
  • Grade 11 1,594
  • Grade 12 1,634

By race/ethnicity

  • White 69%
  • Hispanic/Latino 25%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 10,345 of 19,532 students in the 40 of its 44 schools that report
  • Free lunch 47%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$13,648 spent per student on day-to-day operations Colorado median: $16,685 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,334
  • Support services $5,797
  • Other (food service, etc.) $517

Where the money comes from

  • Local 43%
  • State 46%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $352.5 milliontotal spending $355.6 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: MidsizeStudents: 53% suburb, 45% city, 3% rural

Total staff (FTE)

2,763

District office

2115 GRAND AVENUE, Grand Junction CO 81501

County

Mesa County

Official website

NCES District ID

804350

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About Mesa County Valley School District No. 51

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission: To lead all Students to reach their individual potential by rigorously pursuing and evaluating achievement of high academic and ethical standards in a disciplined, nurturing environment.
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