

Fruita Middle School recorded 232 more students enrolled in 2024-25 school year than previous school year
Among the student body, 50.1% were girls and 49.9% were boys.
Data also showed that most of the students were white (554), representing 80.2% of the Fruita Middle School total enrollment. Hispanic or latino students comprised the second-largest ethnic group, with 99 students (14.3%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was eighth grade, with 253 students enrolled that year, accounting for 36.6% of the total student body.
The school is located in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, and has a central office in Fruita.
In total, there were 881,065 students enrolled in Colorado during the 2024-25 school year.
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 | Total Enrollment |
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Grand Junction High School | 1,834 |
Fruita Monument High School | 1,434 |
Central High School | 1,352 |
Palisade High School | 1,076 |
Fruita Middle School | 691 |
Redlands Middle School | 632 |
Mount Garfield Middle School | 569 |
Orchard Mesa Middle School | 560 |
Bookcliff Middle School | 525 |
Independence Academy | 491 |
Grand Mesa Middle School | 476 |
West Middle School | 468 |
Grand River Academy | 461 |
Appleton Elementary School | 439 |
Thunder Mountain Elementary School | 432 |
Pear Park Elementary School | 428 |
Pomona Elementary School | 395 |
Rocky Mountain Elementary School | 395 |
Juniper Ridge Community School | 375 |
Mesa View Elementary School | 375 |
Shelledy Elementary School | 371 |
Chatfield Elementary School | 371 |
Tope Elementary School | 370 |
Chipeta Elementary School | 364 |
Wingate Elementary School | 363 |
Fruitvale Elementary School | 358 |
Nisley Elementary School | 346 |
Clifton Elementary School | 346 |
Orchard Avenue Elementary School | 319 |
Dual Immersion Academy School | 310 |
Taylor Elementary School | 310 |
Broadway Elementary School | 300 |
Monument Ridge Elementary School | 300 |
Dos Rios Elementary School | 293 |
Rim Rock Elementary School | 292 |
Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School | 289 |
Scenic Elementary School | 243 |
Loma Elementary School | 207 |
R-5 High School | 207 |
Mesa Valley Community School | 178 |
New Emerson School at Columbus | 138 |
Career Center Preschool | 53 |
Gateway School | 12 |