Total enrollment
10,386
+170 (+2%) vs SY 2020-21
27 schools in Pueblo County School District 70
Colorado · 10,563 students · 6 cities
Pueblo County School District 70's footprint covers 27 public K-12 schools with combined enrollment of about 10,563 (an average of 391 per school).
4-year change in Pueblo County School District 70
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
26
+1 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Pueblo County School District 70 ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Colorado | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #41 of 70 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 10,563 | #21 of 95 | #864 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 27 | #20 of 95 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #87 of 95 | #7,903 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 50.3% | #47 of 94 | #4,138 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #19 of 68 | #2,095 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Pueblo County School District 70
State test results across the district's 23 scored schools run from Cedar Ridge Elementary School at 47.1% proficient to Avondale Elementary School at 18.0%, a gap of 29.2 points. That is the 38th widest gap among 55 Colorado districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 24 district schools that reported both years went from 9,861 to 9,947 students (up 1%) and from 505 to 543 full-time teachers (up 8%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Pueblo County School District 70
Pueblo County School District 70 is a moderately sized Colorado school district running 27 schools with combined enrollment near 10,563.
In terms of grade levels, Pueblo County School District 70 spans 13 elementary, 8 middle, 4 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Pueblo County School District 70 is about 391, lower than the Colorado average of roughly 456.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 10,216 students in SY 2020-21 versus 10,386 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 25 to 26 across the same 4-year window.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Pueblo County School District 70 discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.