School district · Colorado
Pueblo County School District 70
Pueblo County School District 70 in Colorado: 26 public schools with 10,386 students and 18.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $12,204 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 26
- 5 charter
- Students
- 10,386
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- CO 16.2 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $12,204
- CO $15.8K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 563
- Counselors (FTE)
- 24.6
- Students per counselor
- 422
- CO 246 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 9.4
- Librarians (FTE): 0.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Colorado's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Colorado: 45%43%proficient
+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 65% of school districts in Colorado
Median 36% · 169 school districts compared
4,461 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Math
Colorado: 36%29%proficient
+0.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 56% of school districts in Colorado
Median 28% · 165 school districts compared
4,464 students tested, grades 3–8 · Colorado Measures of Academic Success; proficient means Levels 4-5
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 11% · $17.4M
- State
- 55% · $88.3M
- Local
- 34% · $54.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $6,816
- Support services
- $4,769
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $34.6M
- Long-term debt
- $123.2M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avondale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 156 | 14.4 | 17% | 15% |
Beulah Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 88 | 11.6 | 35% | 18% |
Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 458 | 18.3 | 51% | 47% |
Desert Sage Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 368 | 15.8 | 35% | 28% |
Liberty Point Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 451 | 15.6 | 29% | 20% |
North Mesa Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 400 | 17.0 | 48% | 42% |
Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 477 | 16.7 | 39% | 32% |
Rye Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 319 | 18.8 | 47% | 42% |
Sierra Vista Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 443 | 17.6 | 52% | 35% |
South Mesa Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 323 | 16.0 | 49% | 33% |
Swallows Charter AcademyCharterFree meals for all | K–8 | 677 | 25.8 | 44% | 24% |
Villa Bella Expeditionary SchoolCharterFree meals for all | K–5 | 298 | 19.8 | 38% | 31% |
Vineland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 312 | 16.2 | 39% | 27% |
Beulah Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 48 | 13.7 | 68% | 18% |
Craver Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 158 | 18.9 | 50% | 25% |
Liberty Point International SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 417 | 17.3 | 32% | 16% |
Pleasant View Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 348 | 18.8 | 38% | 26% |
Sky View Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 565 | 18.0 | 46% | 33% |
The Connect Charter SchoolCharter | 6–8 | 252 | 16.8 | 71% | 49% |
| 6–8 | 141 | 25.3 | 42% | 20% | |
Vineland Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 362 | 16.4 | 37% | 20% |
Pueblo County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,148 | 19.7 | — | — |
Pueblo West High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,540 | 21.2 | — | — |
Rye High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 250 | 15.8 | — | — |
Swallows Charter Academy High SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 9–12 | 178 | 26.9 | — | — |
70 OnlineAlternativeFully virtual | K–12 | 209 | 18.7 | 22% | 8.3% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 24951 E Hwy 50, Pueblo, CO 81006
- Phone
- (719)542-0220
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.