📍 3063 F1/2 Road, Grand Junction, Mesa County, 81504
Thunder Mountain Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Grand Junction, Mesa County. The school has 443 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
Thunder Mountain Elementary School enrolls 443 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 295 | 67% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 122 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 2.9% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
224 of the school's 443 students (51%) 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.
Thunder Mountain Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Thunder Mountain 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 443 students, Thunder Mountain Elementary School is close to the district average of about 420 students per school.
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