📍 400 Camino del Rey, Fountain, El Paso County, 80817
Mesa Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fountain, El Paso County. The school has 645 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
Mesa Elementary School enrolls 645 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 292 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 184 | 29% |
| Two or more races | 81 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 54 | 8.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 14 | 2.2% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
258 of the school's 645 students (40%) 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 suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 13 schools in Fountain School District No. 8 in the county of El Paso an, based in FOUNTAIN, Colorado. The district serves 7,955 students district-wide and employs 509 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 645 students, Mesa Elementary School is close to the district average of about 612 students per school.
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