Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 70·NCES 080615001718
Desert Sage Elementary School
935 SOUTH PALOMAR DRIVE, PUEBLO WEST, CO 81007 · (719) 647-8878 · Pueblo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
221 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 24 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
35.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
28.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +3.1pp 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 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 25.3% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Desert Sage Elementary School
Desert Sage Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Sage Elementary School this school | 368 | 60.1% | 28.8% |
| Alpine Elementary School LONGMONT | 388 | 55.9% | 38.3% |
| Clayton Elementary School ENGLEWOOD | 402 | 64.2% | 26.1% |
| Green Acres Elementary School FORT MORGAN | 320 | 58.8% | 19.9% |
| Pete Mirich Elementary School LASALLE | 358 | 57.3% | 29.9% |
| Liberty Point Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 451 | 65.2% | 28.6% |
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 Desert Sage Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #604 of 931 | #15 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #567 of 940 ▲ 28 | #13 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #574 of 946 ▼ 38 | #15 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #519 of 1,056 | #14 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #510 of 896 | #16 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #237 of 896 | #3 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #371 of 983 | #24 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #346 of 664 | #17 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
368
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 433
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 368 | 23.2 | 15.8:1 | 60% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 22 | 16.9:1 | 62% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 21.1 | 17.5:1 | 61% (225) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 19 | 18.8:1 | 60% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 441 | 22.8 | 19.3:1 | 62% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 53% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 433 | 24 | 18.0:1 | 44% (190) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Desert Sage Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (441 to 368); teachers up 2% (22.8 to 23.2).
About Desert Sage Elementary School
Desert Sage Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in PUEBLO WEST, Colorado. It enrolls 368 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Desert Sage Elementary School is among 27 schools run by Pueblo County School District 70, which serves 10,563 students.
At Desert Sage Elementary School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 48%. Other students are 43% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 23.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Colorado, 16.6:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 60% at Desert Sage Elementary School.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Desert Sage Elementary School outscored 33%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Desert Sage Elementary School is 1.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.8% actual, 30.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Colorado.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pueblo County show that median household income comes to about $64,010, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 66, with about 32,254 students.
Desert Sage Elementary School's nearest public school is Pueblo West High School (about 1.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Desert Sage Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Desert Sage Elementary School enrolled 358 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 368. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.8:1 to 15.8:1.
Desert Sage Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 County School District 70
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Pueblo County High SchoolHigh · 1,148 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in PUEBLO WEST
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other Desert Sage Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Desert Sage Elementary. Desert Sage Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Desert Sage Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 594 students
- DESERT SAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOISE, ID · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Pueblo West High School1.3 mi · 1,540
- Sky View Middle School1.4 mi · 565
- Swallows Charter Academy High School1.5 mi · 178
- Swallows Charter Academy1.5 mi · 677
- Sierra Vista Elementary School1.6 mi · 443
- Liberty Point International School1.7 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Desert Sage Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Desert Sage Elementary School?
Desert Sage Elementary School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Desert Sage Elementary School serve?
Desert Sage Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Desert Sage Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Desert Sage Elementary School.
How diverse is Desert Sage Elementary School?
Desert Sage Elementary School reports a student body of 43% White, 48% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Desert Sage Elementary School public or private?
Desert Sage Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pueblo County School District 70.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.