The brief
A Mesa County Valley School District No. 51 school serving grades Pre-K – Pre-K.
It ranks 1,353 of 1,829 schools in Colorado and 26 of 43 in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51.
Career Center Preschool is listed in Mesa County Valley School District No. 51, and a district label does not verify attendance for an address: confirm the zoned campus with the district before you commit to a street.
About this school's data1 correction under review · rating: low confidence · 3 sources, 2019–2024
Every number on this page comes from a published source with a stated period. Where a source is partial, aging, an estimate, or describes a surrounding area rather than the school, that limitation is named here.
Attendance data is under correction. This existing Resources & Environment score and overall rating may still reflect an unverified attendance input.
- Estimated academic score. This school does not have standardized test data. Based on 31 schools in Grand Junction. Learn more
- Component weights adjusted due to data availability.
Full Profile · 3/3 metrics
- School directory (enrollment, grades, staff, contact)
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) · SY 2023–24 · Medium confidence
- Source period: SY 2023–24. A newer release may be available.
- MySchoolScout rating and rank
- MySchoolScout ranking model · Low confidence
- Vintage not available. Do not use this measure alone.
- Available for part of the eligible units; results may not represent the full area.
- Derived as a weighted blend of the component scores shown in Academics from state assessment, EdFacts growth, and NCES resource records.
- Neighborhood (income, housing, education)
- U.S. Census ACS 5-year estimates · ACS 2019–2023 5-year estimates · Low confidence
- Older source: ACS 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Use as historical context.
- Reported for the ZCTA for ZIP 81504; this does not measure the attendance area.
Evidence periods: Rating mixed/unknown input periods; assessments vintage unavailable; directory SY 2023–24
The neighborhood
Where it sits, and what the area looks like.The area
- Median income
- $67,907
- Median home value
- $290,300
- Median rent
- $1,414/mo
- College educated
- 21.2%
- Homeownership
- 78.7%
- Poverty rate
- 12%
U.S. Census ACS 5-year estimates · ACS 2019–2023 5-year estimates for the ZCTA associated with school ZIP 81504; this is area context, not an attendance boundary.
Getting around
- Walk Score
- 53
- Somewhat Walkable
- Transit Score
- 26
- Some Transit
- Bike Score
- 55
- Bikeable
- City reported crime
- 2,930/100K
- Reported Part-1 offenses (violent + property + arson) per 100,000 residents, from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting program for Grand Junction. This is a city-level reported-crime measure, not a school safety rating.
Walk, transit and bike scores by
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting · 2025 · city context (Grand Junction), not school-level safety or attendance eligibility. Source details
Source period: 2025. Freshness not available.
Compare nearby
Grade-compatible schools using the same rating model.- 8.3Compare →
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- Career Center Preschool5.3
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Distance is proximity only; it is not attendance eligibility.
Enrollment path unverified: Potential public school; its attendance or application path has not been classified.
Charter · enrollment unverified: Potential charter option; enrollment requirements have not been verified.
The record
What is on file, and where each number came from.Questions families ask
What grades does Career Center Preschool serve?
Career Center Preschool serves students in grades Pre-K through Pre-K.
How many students attend Career Center Preschool?
Career Center Preschool has an enrollment of approximately 31 students.
How does Career Center Preschool rank in CO?
Career Center Preschool ranks #1,353 of 1,829 schools in CO.
What is Career Center Preschool's MySchoolScout rating?
Career Center Preschool has a current MySchoolScout rating of 5.3 out of 10. This score combines the level-appropriate components shown in the rating breakdown; equity data is shown separately for context.
Is Career Center Preschool a charter school?
No, Career Center Preschool is not a charter school. It is a traditional public school operated by the local school district.
Is Career Center Preschool a Title I school?
No, Career Center Preschool is not currently a Title I school.
School facts
- Grades
- Pre-K – Pre-K
- Enrollment
- 31
- Type
- Regular
- Title I
- No
- Setting
- Small City
- County
- Mesa County
- Phone
- (970) 254-5100
- Rank in district
- #26 of 43
- Schools in district
- 46
- District spending per student
- $12,834
- NCES F-33 · FY 2023 · This annual source is three years behind the current year.
- District child poverty rate
- 8.5%
- Census SAIPE · 2024
- Area population (ZIP 81504)
- 31,949
- Area average commute
- 19.4 min
- Area median age
- 36.9
NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) (SY 2023–24).
Sources and official links
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Related reading
Data from NCES Common Core of Data, Colorado Dept. of Education, and U.S. Census ACS for the 2023–24 school year. Rankings computed by MySchoolScout. See all data sources.