Bessemer Elementary School

Bessemer Elementary School operates as a tight-knit elementary campus in PUEBLO, Colorado, run under Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and. Current enrollment sits at 248 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Across the 34 schools in Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and (14,351 students total), Bessemer Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bessemer Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Beyond that, the school shows 24% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, Bessemer Elementary School lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Bessemer Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pueblo County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bessemer Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 14.9%, the actual is 14.8%, a residual of -0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Pueblo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,010 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bessemer Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Pueblo County (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students).

The closest other public school is Central High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bessemer Elementary School comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 26.7%.

Bessemer Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bessemer Elementary School has contracted 15%, going from 291 students in 2018 to 248 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 80% to 67% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.