Primero Elementary School

Primero Elementary School is an elementary campus of minimally staffed scale in WESTON, Colorado, operated by Primero Reorganized School District No. 2, instructing 111 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 71% below the state mean of about 379.

Across the 2 schools in Primero Reorganized School District No. 2 (213 students total), Primero Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Primero Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 44% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Las Animas County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Las Animas County (around 60%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Primero Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of +1.2 points.

In the area at large, Las Animas County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,074, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Las Animas County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,870 students), of which Primero Elementary School is one.

Primero Junior-Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Primero Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 26.8%.

Primero Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Primero Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 16% since 2018, when it stood at 96 (now 111). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Primero Elementary School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.