Pear Park Elementary School (0363)
432 30 1/4 ROAD
GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81504
453
Total Students Served
Pre-K - Grade 5
School District:
Mesa County Valley 51 (2000)
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About Pear Park Elementary School (0363)
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Pear Park Elementary School
2024-2025
Pear Park Elementary is one of 25 elementary schools in the Mesa County Valley School District, located on the Western Slope of Colorado. The school is situated on the east side of Grand Junction, a city with a population of approximately 65,000. Over the past three years, the average student enrollment at Pear Park Elementary is 408. For the 2024-2025 school year, Pear Park?s is composed of three classrooms per grade level, Kindergarten-5th grade. Class sizes this year average between 19-23 stu…
dents. Pear Park Elementary is a Title I school, with 78% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch during the ?23-?24 school year. The percentage of students classified as English Learners has grown to 10%, and students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) represent 20% of the student population. The average ethnic makeup of the student body over the past five years has remained consistent: 61% White, 36% Hispanic, 1.6% Asian and 1.4% identifying as two or more races or "Other." The school?s average student mobility rate over five years is 10%. For the 2024-2025 school year, Pear Park's leadership includes a principal and an assistant principal, supported by a full-time counselor, an instructional coach, a part-time school psychologist, and a behavior coach. The school employs 34 certified staff members (excluding the psychologist, occupational therapist, and speech-language pathologist, who are shared with other schools). On average, these staff members have nine years of teaching experience, and approximately half hold a Master?s degree. The development of Pear Park?s 2024-2025 Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) involved collaboration across various levels. At the district level, the strategic plan and District 51 (D51) administrators provided guidance and resources to building administrators, including Pear Park?s leadership team. D51 has aligned professional learning for administrators with its strategic plan, which has directly informed the improvement strategies in the UIP. School teams have had access to a range of data sources, including CMAS, DIBELS, NWEA, CoGAT, Panorama, DreamBox, Lexia, and Student/Family Surveys, all of which have been analyzed to inform decision-making. At the school level, the Principal, Assistant Principal, Instructional Coach, and the Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) meet bi-weekly and participate in quarterly training sessions to analyze data and review current practices. This regular analysis helps identify areas for improvement and refinement in the goals, systems, structures, and practices that guide learning and school operations. The data reviews have directly shaped the direction of Pear Park?s UIP. Pear Park continues to actively communicate with and recruit families and community members to participate in school improvement efforts. The school holds quarterly School Accountability Committee (SAC) meetings as one avenue for this engagement. Additionally, Pear Park works closely with community stakeholders, including a Parent Teacher Organization, to offer programming and family engagement events, leveraging these opportunities to gather feedback on school priorities and improvement efforts. Looking ahead, Pear Park aims to expand family engagement opportunities to further recruit, engage, and capture feedback that will shape school priorities and the UIP. The collaboration between Pear Park stakeholders, District 51, and the wider community has resulted in a UIP that reflects active participation and engagement from a diverse range of voices.
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