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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Taylor Elementary School, Palisade, CO

CEP schoolTaylor Elementary School is a public elementary school in Palisade, part of Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. It enrolled 310 students in 2024-25, with 17.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
310
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Students per teacher
17.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.5 higher than 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 school17.2
District15.7
Colorado16.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
689 Brentwood Dr, Palisade, CO 81526
Phone
(970)254-4870
District
Mesa County Valley School District No. 51
County
Mesa County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
080435000626
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
118
Reduced-price lunch
14
Free or reduced-price lunch
13242.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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

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.