📍 703 West 7th Street, Cortez, Montezuma County, 81321
Mesa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cortez, Montezuma County. The school has 400 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1 school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
Mesa Elementary School enrolls 400 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% American Indian or Alaska Native, 30% White and 21% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 157 | 39% |
| White | 118 | 30% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 82 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 11% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
321 of the school's 400 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Mesa Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Mesa Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Montezuma-Cortez School District No. Re-1, based in CORTEZ, Colorado. The district serves 2,380 students district-wide and employs 147 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 400 students, Mesa Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 238 students per school.
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