There were 193 Asian students enrolled in Mesa County in the 2024-25 school year, 4.9% more 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, Asian students comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the fourth most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 50 schools in Mesa County, Grand Junction High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2024-25 school year, with a total of 24 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 | % Asian Students | Asian Student Enrollment | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument View Montessori Charter School | 2.6% | 1 | 38 |
| Caprock Academy | 2.5% | 22 | 871 |
| Mesa Valley Community School | 2.2% | 4 | 178 |
| New Emerson School at Columbus | 2.2% | 3 | 138 |
| Thunder Mountain Elementary School | 2.1% | 9 | 432 |
| Pomona Elementary School | 2% | 8 | 395 |
| Grand Mesa Middle School | 1.9% | 9 | 476 |
| West Middle School | 1.5% | 7 | 468 |
| Rim Rock Elementary School | 1.4% | 4 | 292 |
| Orchard Avenue Elementary School | 1.3% | 4 | 319 |
| Fruita Monument High School | 1.3% | 19 | 1,434 |
| Broadway Elementary School | 1.3% | 4 | 300 |
| Grand Junction High School | 1.3% | 24 | 1,834 |
| De Beque PK-12 School District 49JT | 1.1% | 2 | 181 |
| Monument Ridge Elementary School | 1% | 3 | 300 |
| Redlands Middle School | 0.9% | 6 | 632 |
| Nisley Elementary School | 0.9% | 3 | 346 |
| Appleton Elementary School | 0.9% | 4 | 439 |
| Scenic Elementary School | 0.8% | 2 | 243 |
| Wingate Elementary School | 0.8% | 3 | 363 |
| Mesa View Elementary School | 0.8% | 3 | 375 |
| Bookcliff Middle School | 0.8% | 4 | 525 |
| Fruitvale Elementary School | 0.8% | 3 | 358 |
| Central High School | 0.8% | 11 | 1,352 |
| Palisade High School | 0.7% | 7 | 1,076 |
| Fruita Middle School | 0.7% | 5 | 691 |
| Independence Academy | 0.6% | 3 | 491 |
| Shelledy Elementary School | 0.5% | 2 | 371 |
| Pear Park Elementary School | 0.5% | 2 | 428 |
| Chipeta Elementary School | 0.5% | 2 | 364 |
| Mount Garfield Middle School | 0.4% | 2 | 569 |
| Orchard Mesa Middle School | 0.4% | 2 | 560 |
| Taylor Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 310 |
| Tope Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 370 |
| Chatfield Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 371 |
| Rocky Mountain Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 395 |
| Dos Rios Elementary School | 0.3% | 1 | 293 |
| Grand River Academy | 0.2% | 1 | 461 |
