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Orchard Avenue Elementary School

Orchard Avenue Elementary School school profile in Grand Junction, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
48/100
higher local pressure · high confidence
Enrollment
391
Enrollment has increased 16% over the available history.
FRL Share
65.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
744.2
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives Orchard Avenue Elementary School

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Academic Quality

59

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

53

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

43

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Grand Junction and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 55 · Colorado 50
48 55
2 Academic average
Peer 743.2 · Colorado 737.4
744.2 743.2
3 ELA
Peer 745.6 · Colorado 741
748.1 745.6
4 Math
Peer 741 · Colorado 736.9
740.7 741
5 Science
Peer 743 · Colorado 734.5
743.9 743
6 Enrollment
Peer 328 · Colorado 394
391 328
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Grand Junction 5.3 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
5.3 / 1k 5.3 / 1k
2 Market rent
Grand Junction $1,813 · Colorado $1,977
$1,639 $1,813
3 Home price
Grand Junction $435,751 · Colorado $556,199
$352,141 $435,751
4 Poverty rate
Grand Junction 14% · Colorado 10.1%
19.1% 14%
5 Median income
Grand Junction $69,611 · Colorado $101,131
$53,887 $69,611
6 Renter share
Grand Junction 35.5% · Colorado 32.6%
46.3% 35.5%
Research notes

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Academic picture

Orchard Avenue Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 744.2, with ELA at 748.1, Math at 740.7, and Science at 743.9. Against Grand Junction elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 59/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has increased 16% over the available history. ELA has moved up 1.8 points over the available history. Math has moved up 13.5 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 53/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

Orchard Avenue Elementary School currently serves about 391 students. FRL share sits near 65.2%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 000601 carries violent crime around 5.3 / 1k, market rent near $1,639, median income near $53,887, and home-price context near $352,141. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 81501 where rent context currently sits near $1,639 and home-price context near $352,141. Nearby violent crime has moved down 5% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

Orchard Avenue Elementary School currently reads as higher local pressure. The total TractSignal school score is 48/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.