Minnequa Elementary School

As a tight-knit primary school in PUEBLO, Colorado, Minnequa Elementary School educates 277 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 27% leaner than typical.

Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 14,351 students; Minnequa Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Minnequa Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Pueblo County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Minnequa Elementary School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at Minnequa Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pueblo County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Minnequa Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 15.3%; this one delivers 42.1%, a residual of +26.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Pueblo County shows median household earnings sit near $64,010, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Minnequa Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Pueblo County (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students).

Academy of Las Animas Online School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Minnequa Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 22.1%.

Minnequa Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Minnequa Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 33% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 277). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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