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Enrollment
444
Elementary
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO SCHOOL DISTRICT 60·NCES 080612001106
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences
1745 ACERO, PUEBLO, CO 81004 · (719) 549-2737 · Pueblo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL444 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Colorado public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
15.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
374 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 78 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 49% smaller than its 8th grade class (78).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
11.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
6.0%
CO avg 36.1% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.6% | 6.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 5.4% |
% 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
12.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences's state test result (12.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences this school | 444 | 84.2% | 12.0% |
| Columbian Elementary School PUEBLO | 371 | 85.2% | 26.9% |
| Franklin School of Innovation PUEBLO | 346 | 85.5% | 26.1% |
| Belmont Elementary School PUEBLO | 394 | 79.7% | 20.0% |
| Irving Elementary School PUEBLO | 326 | 85.0% | 25.6% |
| Monaco Elementary School COMMERCE CITY | 434 | 87.1% | 12.7% |
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 Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #903 of 931 | #33 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #926 of 940 ▼ 3 | #32 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #919 of 946 ▼ 46 | #32 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 444 | #337 of 1,056 | #6 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #497 of 896 | #14 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #664 of 896 | #27 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.2% | #112 of 983 | #10 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #630 of 664 | #26 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
444
-83 (-16%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 444 | 28.2 | 15.8:1 | 84% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 22.5 | 19.3:1 | 85% (370) |
| 2022-23 | 563 | 28.4 | 19.8:1 | 71% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 27 | 19.5:1 | 61% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 25.1 | 18.1:1 | 67% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 27 | 16.7:1 | 61% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 57% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 25 | 16.1:1 | 51% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (453 to 444); teachers up 12% (25.1 to 28.2).
About Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of PUEBLO, Colorado. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 444 students.
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is part of Pueblo School District 60, where 34 schools serve 14,351 students.
At 75%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences combined. The school is also 19% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 42%. Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 15.8:1 comes from the school's 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 84% in 2024-25. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Pueblo County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is F. Compared with Colorado public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 4% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences sits between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 12.0% and a predicted 15.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pueblo County, median household income is about $64,010, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 66 public schools operate in Pueblo County, serving about 32,254 students.
Nearby, Corwin International Magnet School is about 0.6 miles away. Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences ranks 5th of 6 nearby schools, at 12.0% versus a 26.3% average.
In the federal locale system, Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences had 527 students in 2020-21 and 444 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.5:1 in 2020-21, and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 School District 60
- 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
- South High SchoolHigh · 795 students
- W H Heaton Middle SchoolMiddle · 578 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
- Corwin International Magnet School0.6 mi · 565
- Paragon Learning Center0.6 mi · 476
- Columbian Elementary School0.7 mi · 371
- Academy of Las Animas Online School0.8 mi · 474
- D60 Online School0.9 mi · 112
- South High School0.9 mi · 795
Frequently asked questions
About Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & SciencesWhat is the total enrollment at Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences?
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences enrolls approximately 444 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences serve?
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is approximately 15.8:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences?
At Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences, the student body is approximately 19% White, 75% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences public or private?
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Pueblo School District 60.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.