📍 2736 C Road, Grand Junction, Mesa County, 81503
Orchard Mesa Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Grand Junction, Mesa County. The school has 465 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
Orchard Mesa Middle School enrolls 465 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 2.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 327 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.8% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 465 students (57%) 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 Mesa Middle 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 Mesa Middle 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 465 students, Orchard Mesa Middle School is close to the district average of about 420 students per school.
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