Avondale Elementary School

Located at 213 HIGHWAY 50 EAST, in AVONDALE, Colorado, Avondale Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school that teaches 156 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Pueblo County School District 70. That puts it 59% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Pueblo County School District 70 comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 10,563 students; Avondale Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Avondale Elementary School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 27% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Pueblo County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Avondale Elementary School records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pueblo County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Avondale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Pueblo County shows median household earnings sit near $64,010, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Pueblo County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students), Avondale Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vineland Middle School, around 6.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Avondale Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.2%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Avondale Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 207 (now 156). White enrollment moved from 32% to 27% across the same window.

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