📍 11274 Highway 140, Hesperus, La Plata County, 81326
Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Hesperus, La Plata County. The school has 98 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 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School enrolls 98 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 11.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 5.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 67 | 68% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 19 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 5.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 5.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
69 of the school's 98 students (70%) 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.
Fort Lewis 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.
Fort Lewis 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 98 students, Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 334 students per school.
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