📍 1800 Orchard Ave, Grand Junction, Mesa County, 81501
Orchard Avenue Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Junction, Mesa County. The school has 337 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
Orchard Avenue Elementary School enrolls 337 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 3.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 251 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 66 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 3.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
182 of the school's 337 students (54%) 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.
Orchard Avenue Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Orchard Avenue Elementary School is one of 47 schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, based in GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado. The district serves 19,753 students district-wide and employs 1,293 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 337 students, Orchard Avenue Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 420 students per school.
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