There were 730 multiracial students enrolled in Mesa County in the 2024-25 school year, 2% less than the previous year, according to the Colorado Department of Education.
Data showed that Mesa County welcomed 21,141 students during the 2024-25 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 50 schools in Mesa County, Grand Junction High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 83 students.
Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.
The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.
Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.
| School name | % multiracial Students | Multiracial Student Enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Valley Community School | 7.9% | 14 | 178 |
| Tope Elementary School | 5.7% | 21 | 370 |
| Monument View Montessori Charter School | 5.3% | 2 | 38 |
| West Middle School | 5.1% | 24 | 468 |
| Orchard Mesa Middle School | 5% | 28 | 560 |
| Grand River Academy | 4.6% | 21 | 461 |
| Rocky Mountain Elementary School | 4.6% | 18 | 395 |
| Grand Junction High School | 4.5% | 83 | 1,834 |
| Scenic Elementary School | 4.5% | 11 | 243 |
| R-5 High School | 4.3% | 9 | 207 |
| Chipeta Elementary School | 4.1% | 15 | 364 |
| Nisley Elementary School | 4% | 14 | 346 |
| Bookcliff Middle School | 4% | 21 | 525 |
| Fruita Monument High School | 3.9% | 56 | 1,434 |
| Caprock Academy | 3.9% | 34 | 871 |
| Fruita Middle School | 3.8% | 26 | 691 |
| Central High School | 3.8% | 52 | 1,352 |
| Broadway Elementary School | 3.7% | 11 | 300 |
| New Emerson School at Columbus | 3.6% | 5 | 138 |
| Redlands Middle School | 3.5% | 22 | 632 |
| Thunder Mountain Elementary School | 3.5% | 15 | 432 |
| Grand Mesa Middle School | 3.4% | 16 | 476 |
| Palisade High School | 3.4% | 37 | 1,076 |
| Pomona Elementary School | 3.3% | 13 | 395 |
| Mount Garfield Middle School | 3.2% | 18 | 569 |
| Orchard Avenue Elementary School | 3.1% | 10 | 319 |
| Chatfield Elementary School | 3% | 11 | 371 |
| Juniper Ridge Community School | 2.9% | 11 | 375 |
| Mesa View Elementary School | 2.9% | 11 | 375 |
| Wingate Elementary School | 2.8% | 10 | 363 |
| Monument Ridge Elementary School | 2.7% | 8 | 300 |
| Rim Rock Elementary School | 2.7% | 8 | 292 |
| Fruitvale Elementary School | 2.5% | 9 | 358 |
| Independence Academy | 2.4% | 12 | 491 |
| Dos Rios Elementary School | 2.4% | 7 | 293 |
| Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School | 2.4% | 7 | 289 |
| Plateau Valley Junior High School | 2.4% | 1 | 41 |
| Appleton Elementary School | 2.3% | 10 | 439 |
| Plateau Valley Elementary School | 2.1% | 3 | 142 |
| Loma Elementary School | 1.9% | 4 | 207 |
| Dual Immersion Academy School | 1.6% | 5 | 310 |
| Shelledy Elementary School | 1.6% | 6 | 371 |
| Plateau Valley High School | 1.5% | 1 | 65 |
| Clifton Elementary School | 1.4% | 5 | 346 |
| Taylor Elementary School | 1% | 3 | 310 |
| Pear Park Elementary School | 0.5% | 2 | 428 |
