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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 8

Juniper Ridge Community School, Grand Junction, CO

Charter schoolJuniper Ridge Community School is a public elementary school in Grand Junction, part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. It enrolled 375 students in 2024-25, with 15.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
375
Teachers (FTE)
25.0
Students per teacher
15.0
Grades
K to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.7. The Colorado average across schools is 16.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.0
District15.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
640 24 1/2 Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81505
Phone
(970)639-0884
District
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
County
Mesa County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
080435006581
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
185
Reduced-price lunch
32
Free or reduced-price lunch
21757.9% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51

Elementary schools elsewhere in Grand Junction

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.