North Mesa Elementary School

North Mesa Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary-level communitys in PUEBLO, Colorado, overseen by Pueblo County School District 70, with 400 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Pueblo County School District 70, which oversees 27 schools and 10,563 students, North Mesa Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, North Mesa Elementary School records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 47% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Pueblo County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, North Mesa Elementary School records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 52% of students are eligible 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 somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), North Mesa Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of +5.7 points.

Across the wider county, Pueblo County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,010, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. North Mesa Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Pueblo County (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students).

The closest other public school is 70 Online, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Mesa Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.4%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 493 students in 2018 compared to 400 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 43% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the North Mesa Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.