Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 鈥� Grand Junction, CO

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

Phone

(970) 254-5100

County

Mesa County

Official website

NCES District ID

804350

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About Mesa County Valley School District No. 51

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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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