Risley International Academy of Innovation

Risley International Academy of Innovation is one of the modestly sized middle-grades schools in PUEBLO, Colorado, part of Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and, with 335 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 27% below 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), Risley International Academy of Innovation accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Risley International Academy of Innovation lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 16% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Pueblo County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Risley International Academy of Innovation records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.9:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Risley International Academy of Innovation qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Pueblo County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Risley International Academy of Innovation performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 11.2%, the actual is 9.0%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pueblo County put median household earnings sit near $64,010, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Pueblo County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students), Risley International Academy of Innovation is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Park View Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Risley International Academy of Innovation. On composite proficiency, Risley International Academy of Innovation comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.8%.

Risley International Academy of Innovation operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 326 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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