School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Pear Park Elementary SchoolDraft

Mesa County Valley 51 · Grand Junction · elementary (grades 3–5)
+6.0
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Pear Park Elementary School scored 4.8 points above expected in English and 7.3 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 75th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 38th), and #14 of 24 neighborhood elementary schools in Mesa County Valley 51.

English vs. expected
+4.8
±2.7 pts · 75th pct. adjusted
English growth
49
median growth percentile · 68th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+7.3
±2.4 pts · 83rd pct. adjusted
Math growth
60
median growth percentile · 88th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
10%20%30%40%202420252026English 32%Math 33%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+4.4+4.8+5.4
English growth (MGP)564844
Math vs. expected (pts)+5.8+6.2+10.0
Math growth (MGP)626254
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.
Chatfield+11.8Simla+10.9Talbott STEAM Innovation School+10.6Turman+10.1Orchard Avenue+8.5Liberty Point+5.4Rye+5.1Pinello+4.9Pear Park+4.8Meeker+1.3Desert Sage+1.1Olathe+0.9Aragon+0.7Fruitvale−0.1Prairie Winds−0.3Holyoke−0.3Highland Park−1.1Campbell−3.5Thunder Mountain−3.6Madison−4.5Clifton−5.2Mesa−5.6Sandrock Elementary−6.7Genoa-Hugo School−7.1Caliche−8.9Abrams−9.6

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+22%Free/reduced-price lunch73%English learners11%Students with IEPs21%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 2.6× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 383. 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.