Desert Sage Elementary School

Set in PUEBLO WEST, Colorado, Desert Sage Elementary School is a mid-sized K-5 school, operated by Pueblo County School District 70. It instructs 368 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Desert Sage Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Pueblo County School District 70, a district that teaches 10,563 students overall.

On demographics, Desert Sage Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 43% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Desert Sage Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Desert Sage Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.3%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pueblo County shows median household income runs about $64,010, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Desert Sage Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Pueblo County (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students).

Pueblo West High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Desert Sage Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Desert Sage Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 441 (now 368). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 48% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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