Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy

Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy, a roomy multi-level school in PUEBLO, Colorado, operated by Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and, instructs 844 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 523 students per school, that is 61% above typical.

Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 14,351 students. Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy reports that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 14% White. By comparison, Pueblo County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.3:1, putting Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pueblo County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 13.8%, the actual is 10.8%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pueblo County put median household earnings sit near $64,010, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Pueblo County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students), of which Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Irving Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy operates from a city-core location. Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 927 students in 2018 compared to 844 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 today.

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