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Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO SCHOOL DISTRICT 60·NCES 080612001029
Belmont Elementary School
31 MACNAUGHTON ROAD, PUEBLO, CO 81001 · (719) 549-7500 · Pueblo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Colorado public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
314 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 50%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
21.5%
CO avg 44.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
20.7%
CO avg 36.1% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.5% | 20.7% |
| 2023-24 | 19.3% | 19.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Belmont Elementary School
Belmont Elementary School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Elementary School this school | 394 | 79.7% | 20.0% |
| Fisher's Peak Elementary School TRINIDAD | 393 | 75.3% | 29.1% |
| La Junta Intermediate School LA JUNTA | 397 | 78.3% | 17.7% |
| Morton Elementary School PUEBLO | 374 | 77.5% | 19.5% |
| Columbian Elementary School PUEBLO | 371 | 85.2% | 26.9% |
| Mountain View Elementary School LONGMONT | 321 | 76.6% | 21.1% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Belmont Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #765 of 931 | #25 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #701 of 940 ▲ 11 | #20 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #802 of 946 ▲ 26 | #26 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #444 of 1,056 | #11 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #551 of 896 | #18 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #499 of 896 | #18 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #155 of 983 | #13 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #193 of 664 | #11 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
394
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 394 | 24.4 | 16.1:1 | 80% (314) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 24.5 | 17.1:1 | 85% (356) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 25.1 | 17.1:1 | 78% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 74% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 526 | 26.5 | 19.9:1 | 79% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 26 | 20.9:1 | 69% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 24 | 21.1:1 | 57% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 516 | 25 | 20.6:1 | 44% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belmont Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (526 to 394); teachers down 8% (26.5 to 24.4).
About Belmont Elementary School
Families in PUEBLO, Colorado, are served by Belmont Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 394 students in pre-K through 5.
A total of 34 schools make up Pueblo School District 60, with 14,351 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are the majority at Belmont Elementary School, with 67% of enrollment. Other groups make up 26% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Pueblo County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The school's diversity index is 49%, meaning two students picked at random have a 49% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Belmont Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.1:1. That is close to the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 80%. Public schools in Pueblo County average 66%.
Belmont Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Colorado public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Belmont Elementary School is +1.6 points: 20.0% actual, 18.4% predicted.
Pueblo County has these Census figures: the median household income is $64,010, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. In all, Pueblo County has 66 public schools and roughly 32,254 students.
W H Heaton Middle School is located about 0.3 miles from Belmont Elementary School. The five-mile area around Belmont Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 29.1%, higher than Belmont Elementary School's 20.0%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 25 students since 2020-21, to 394. The school's ratio fell from 17.5:1 to 16.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Pueblo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
169,356
Census ACS
Median income
$64,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
32,254 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pueblo School District 60
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory AcademyCombined · 844 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 801 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- W H Heaton Middle SchoolMiddle · 578 students
Other schools in PUEBLO
- GOAL AcademyHigh · 6,693 students
- Pueblo County High SchoolHigh · 1,148 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory AcademyCombined · 844 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 801 students
Other Belmont Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 12 states are named Belmont Elementary. Belmont Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 13.
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSUN CITY CENTER, FL · 776 students
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLINCOLN, NE · 773 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolRoanoke Rapids, NC · 614 students
- Belmont ElementaryWoodbridge, VA · 492 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolShawnee, KS · 381 students
Nearby schools
- W H Heaton Middle School0.3 mi · 578
- Haaff Elementary School0.5 mi · 284
- Franklin School of Innovation0.6 mi · 346
- East High School0.9 mi · 1,081
- Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School1.3 mi · 141
- Villa Bella Expeditionary School1.3 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About Belmont Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Belmont Elementary School?
Belmont Elementary School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Belmont Elementary School serve?
Belmont Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Belmont Elementary School have?
Belmont Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
How diverse is Belmont Elementary School?
Belmont Elementary School reports a student body of 26% White, 67% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Belmont Elementary School?
Belmont Elementary School is overseen by Pueblo School District 60 in Pueblo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.