School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Mesa Elementary SchoolDraft

Fountain 8 · Fountain · elementary (grades 3–5)
−6.0
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Mesa Elementary School scored 7.5 points below expected in English and 4.5 points below expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 16th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 37th), and #5 of 8 neighborhood elementary schools in Fountain 8.

English vs. expected
−7.5
±2.4 pts · 16th pct. adjusted
English growth
47
median growth percentile · 36th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
−4.5
±2.4 pts · 28th pct. adjusted
Math growth
56
median growth percentile · 72nd among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
20%30%40%202420252026English 33%Math 33%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)−4.5−8.6−9.5
English growth (MGP)614042
Math vs. expected (pts)−5.2−6.5−1.7
Math growth (MGP)565456
Among the 25 most similar schools statewide — English vs. expected (pts)
Most similar on neighborhood income and education, free/reduced lunch, English learners and special education. Blue: above expected; red: below; gray: within normal swings.
Simla+10.9Gilcrest+10.6Mesa View+7.8Evans+7.2Cottonwood+5.3Sierra Vista+5.3Garfield+4.2Audubon+2.6Woodglen+2.0Summit+1.8Cedar Ridge+1.3Desert Sage+1.1Odyssey−1.0Sarah Milner−2.8Fremont−3.2Campbell−3.5Thunder Mountain−3.6Little−5.3Laurene Edmondson−5.5Bayfield Intermediate School−7.0Mesa−7.5Calhan−8.2Milliken Intermediate School−8.4Sunrise−8.7Abrams−9.6Peakview Academy at Conrad Ball−11.3

Who it serves

The measures behind the comparison
Bars: this school (the area around it for education). Black tick: average of Colorado elementary schools.
Adults 25–44 with a bachelor’s+33%Free/reduced-price lunch55%English learners4%Students with IEPs18%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 3.5× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 649. Education is for adults aged 25–44 — the ages most likely to be parents — because the Census doesn’t publish parents’ education below the district level.

How to read this

Each school’s CMAS scores are compared with what Colorado schools serving similar students score, using a model fit across all neighborhood schools. “Vs. expected” is in CMAS scale-score points; growth is CDE’s median growth percentile (50 is typical). Full method and caveats.