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How has North Mesa Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 70·NCES 080615001076
North Mesa Elementary School
28881 GALE ROAD, PUEBLO, CO 81006 · (719) 948-3303 · Pueblo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
206 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
53%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
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
CO avg 44.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
42.4%
CO avg 36.1% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 42.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.3% | 35.4% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 North Mesa Elementary School
North Mesa Elementary School's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Mesa Elementary School this school | 400 | 51.5% | 41.2% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 443 | 48.3% | 43.1% |
| Milliken Elementary School MILLIKEN | 472 | 49.4% | 22.6% |
| Alpine Elementary School LONGMONT | 388 | 55.9% | 38.3% |
| Cottonwood Plains Elementary School FT COLLINS | 330 | 52.7% | 29.5% |
| West Ridge Academy GREELEY | 329 | 52.3% | 35.6% |
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 North Mesa Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #417 of 931 | #6 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #382 of 940 ▲ 69 | #5 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #400 of 946 ▼ 31 | #5 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #429 of 1,056 | #10 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #658 of 896 | #25 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.6% | #371 of 896 | #11 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.5% | #460 of 983 | #29 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #305 of 664 | #16 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
400
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 400 | 23.5 | 17.0:1 | 52% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 24.7 | 16.8:1 | 54% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 24.1 | 17.3:1 | 49% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 46% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 24.3 | 20.3:1 | 51% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 48% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 47% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 23 | 20.6:1 | 33% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 13 | 24.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Mesa Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (493 to 400); teachers down 3% (24.3 to 23.5).
About North Mesa Elementary School
Families in PUEBLO, Colorado, are served by North Mesa Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. The school counted 400 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
The 27 schools of Pueblo County School District 70, including North Mesa Elementary School, enroll 10,563 students.
About 50% of students at North Mesa Elementary School are White, the largest single group. The school is also 47% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 72%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
North Mesa Elementary School has 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 52%. That is lower than the 66% average for public schools in Pueblo County.
On the allk12 Grade, North Mesa Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 62% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Schools in Colorado with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 35.5%. North Mesa Elementary School scores 41.2%.
For Pueblo County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,010 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Pueblo County number 66, with about 32,254 students.
Among nearby public schools, 70 Online is closest at about 1.6 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, North Mesa Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 30 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.7:1 in 2020-21, and 17.0:1 in 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at North Mesa Elementary School. 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
- 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
Nearby schools
- 70 Online1.6 mi · 209
- Pleasant View Middle School1.8 mi · 348
- South Mesa Elementary School2.1 mi · 323
- Pueblo County High School2.7 mi · 1,148
- Vineland Elementary School3.0 mi · 312
- Vineland Middle School3.2 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About North Mesa Elementary SchoolHow many students attend North Mesa Elementary School?
North Mesa Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does North Mesa Elementary School serve?
North Mesa Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at North Mesa Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at North Mesa Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at North Mesa Elementary School?
At North Mesa Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 47% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is North Mesa Elementary School public or private?
North Mesa 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.