Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO SCHOOL DISTRICT 60·NCES 080612001038
Columbian Elementary School
1202 BRAGDON AVENUE, PUEBLO, CO 81004 · (719) 549-7525 · Pueblo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Colorado public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
316 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
46%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
34.7%
CO avg 44.9% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
24.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 30.6% | 30.3% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 15% 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 Columbian Elementary School
Columbian Elementary School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbian Elementary School this school | 371 | 85.2% | 26.9% |
| Irving Elementary School PUEBLO | 326 | 85.0% | 25.6% |
| Franklin School of Innovation PUEBLO | 346 | 85.5% | 26.1% |
| Belmont Elementary School PUEBLO | 394 | 79.7% | 20.0% |
| Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences PUEBLO | 444 | 84.2% | 12.0% |
| Rose Stein International Elementary LAKEWOOD | 336 | 79.8% | 12.8% |
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 Columbian Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #640 of 931 | #18 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #627 of 940 ▼ 109 | #16 of 33 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #579 of 946 ▲ 61 | #17 of 33 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #508 of 1,056 | #13 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #416 of 896 | #9 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #550 of 896 | #19 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #101 of 983 | #7 of 33 |
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
371
+49 (+15%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 371 | 24.4 | 15.2:1 | 85% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 94% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 25.3 | 14.8:1 | 89% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 322 | 21 | 15.3:1 | 90% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 19.5 | 19.0:1 | 87% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | 91% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 364 | 27 | 13.5:1 | 89% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 73% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 30 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbian Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (371 to 371); teachers up 25% (19.5 to 24.4).
About Columbian Elementary School
Columbian Elementary School is an elementary school in PUEBLO, Colorado, reachable at (719) 549-7525. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 371 students.
Besides Columbian Elementary School, Pueblo School District 60 runs 33 other schools. The district enrolls 14,351 students.
Columbian Elementary School is 69% Hispanic by enrollment. Smaller groups are 25% White, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 42% of Pueblo County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Columbian Elementary School operates with 24.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Colorado have 16.6:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. Columbian Elementary School reports 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Pueblo County.
The allk12 Grade for Columbian Elementary School is B. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Columbian Elementary School is 11.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (26.9% versus 15.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Pueblo County show that the median household income is $64,010, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Columbian Elementary School, Pueblo County has 65 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Central High School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Columbian Elementary School is ahead of the 24.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Columbian Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Federal data show a 15% enrollment rise, from 322 in 2020-21 to 371 in 2024-25.
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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 Columbian Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Columbian Elementary. Columbian Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Columbian Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 171 students
- COLUMBIAN ELEM.CARTHAGE, MO · 398 students
- COLUMBIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 249 students
Nearby schools
- Central High School0.7 mi · 1,145
- Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences0.7 mi · 444
- Corwin International Magnet School0.7 mi · 565
- Bessemer Elementary School0.8 mi · 248
- Academy of Las Animas Online School0.8 mi · 474
- Heritage Elementary School0.8 mi · 250
Frequently asked questions
About Columbian Elementary SchoolHow large is Columbian Elementary School?
Columbian Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
Is Columbian Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Columbian Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Columbian Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbian Elementary School is approximately 15.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Columbian Elementary School?
At Columbian Elementary School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 69% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Columbian Elementary School in?
Columbian Elementary School is part of Pueblo School District 60.
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