School report card · CMAS 2024–2026

Tope Elementary SchoolDraft

Mesa County Valley 51 · Grand Junction · elementary (grades 3–5)
+7.9
scale-score points vs.
expected (Eng + math avg.)

Compared with Colorado schools serving similar students, Tope Elementary School scored 9.1 points above expected in English and 6.6 points above expected in math (CMAS scale-score points, 2024–2026). In English that puts it in the 88th percentile statewide after adjusting for demographics (raw: 69th), and #6 of 24 neighborhood elementary schools in Mesa County Valley 51.

English vs. expected
+9.1
±3.1 pts · 88th pct. adjusted
English growth
69
median growth percentile · 100th among look-alikes
Math vs. expected
+6.6
±2.8 pts · 81st pct. adjusted
Math growth
47
median growth percentile · 44th among look-alikes
Met or exceeded expectations, by year
30%40%50%60%202420252026English 51%Math 39%
By year
202420252026
English vs. expected (pts)+8.5+10.7+8.1
English growth (MGP)796960
Math vs. expected (pts)+8.4+7.7+3.5
Math growth (MGP)534742
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.
Paonia K-8+16.0Wray+14.5Taylor+10.0Tope+9.1Pomona+8.8Orchard Avenue+8.5Mesa View+7.8Rye+5.1Lincoln Orchard Mesa+4.4Hotchkiss K8 School+4.3Shelledy+2.8Meeker+1.3Vineland+0.3Prairie Winds−0.3Pomona−2.6Parkview−2.9Bill Metz−3.1Dolores−4.8Sargent−5.6Weikel−7.6Abrams−9.6Granby−9.8Ignacio−10.1Avery/Parsons−11.0Dove Creek−12.3Del Norte−16.1

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+37%Free/reduced-price lunch52%English learners3%Students with IEPs19%

Neighborhood family income (families with children near the school, NCES): 2.3× the poverty line. Enrollment (K–12): 287. 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.