Pueblo Academy of Arts

Pueblo Academy of Arts is a mid-tier middle-grades school in PUEBLO, Colorado, overseen by Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and. The school educates 562 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 462 students.

Across the 34 schools in Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and (14,351 students total), Pueblo Academy of Arts accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Pueblo Academy of Arts logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%; the rest breaks down as 25% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

In terms of school funding signals, Pueblo Academy of Arts logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting Pueblo Academy of Arts higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pueblo County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Pueblo Academy of Arts performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 14.9%, the actual is 9.0%, a residual of -5.9 points.

In the broader community, Pueblo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,010 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Pueblo County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students), Pueblo Academy of Arts is one campus in the mix.

Sunset Park Elementary 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. On composite proficiency, Pueblo Academy of Arts comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.8%.

Pueblo Academy of Arts operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pueblo Academy of Arts has edged down 21%, going from 712 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Pueblo Academy of Arts community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.