📍 216 Highway 172, Durango, La Plata County, 81303
Florida Mesa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Durango, La Plata County. The school has 278 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Durango School District No. 9-R school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
Florida Mesa Elementary School enrolls 278 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 166 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73 | 26% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 22 | 7.9% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
118 of the school's 278 students (42%) 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.
Florida Mesa Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Florida Mesa Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Durango School District No. 9-R, based in DURANGO, Colorado. The district serves 4,337 students district-wide and employs 389 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 278 students, Florida Mesa Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 334 students per school.
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