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How has Sierra Vista Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 70·NCES 080615001558
Sierra Vista Elementary School
500 SOUTH SPAULDING, PUEBLO WEST, CO 81007 · (719) 547-2878 · Pueblo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Colorado public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
17.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
214 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
52.2%
CO avg 44.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
34.8%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.1% | 35.2% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Sierra Vista Elementary School
Sierra Vista Elementary School's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista Elementary School this school | 443 | 48.3% | 43.1% |
| Milliken Elementary School MILLIKEN | 472 | 49.4% | 22.6% |
| North Mesa Elementary School PUEBLO | 400 | 51.5% | 41.2% |
| Platte Valley Elementary School KERSEY | 528 | 50.0% | 49.1% |
| Prairie Winds Elementary School PUEBLO WEST | 477 | 51.6% | 32.4% |
| Sopris Elementary School GLENWOOD SPRINGS | 392 | 42.6% | 41.3% |
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 Sierra Vista Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #390 of 931 | #4 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #473 of 940 ▼ 17 | #7 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #332 of 946 ▲ 91 | #2 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #342 of 1,056 | #7 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #728 of 896 | #28 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #266 of 896 | #4 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.3% | #497 of 983 | #30 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #512 of 664 | #25 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
443
-64 (-13%) vs 2020
-41% since 2000-01, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 443 | 25.2 | 17.6:1 | 48% (214) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 25.5 | 17.1:1 | 54% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 450 | 23.2 | 19.4:1 | 46% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 25 | 20.3:1 | 43% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 23.8 | 20.3:1 | 51% (245) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 23 | 21.5:1 | 43% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 28% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 31 | 24.4:1 | 17% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Vista Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (483 to 443); teachers up 6% (23.8 to 25.2).
About Sierra Vista Elementary School
At 500 SOUTH SPAULDING in PUEBLO WEST, Colorado, Sierra Vista Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 443 students.
Sierra Vista Elementary School is among 27 schools run by Pueblo County School District 70, which serves 10,563 students.
About 47% of students at Sierra Vista Elementary School are White, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 46% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Pueblo County, the White share is about 72%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Sierra Vista Elementary School lists 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.6 students per teacher. The school's 17.6:1 compares with an average of 16.6:1 for elementary schools in Colorado. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 48% of the student body. That is 18 points below the 66% average for public schools in Pueblo County.
Among Colorado public elementary schools, Sierra Vista Elementary School outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Sierra Vista Elementary School is 5.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 43.1%. Predicted: 37.4%.
In Pueblo County, median household income comes to about $64,010, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 66, with about 32,254 students.
Pueblo West High School, about 0.6 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sierra Vista Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 443, from 507 in 2020-21. The ratio was 20.3:1 in 2020-21 and 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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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 County School District 70
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Pueblo County High SchoolHigh · 1,148 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
Other schools in PUEBLO WEST
- Pueblo West High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Swallows Charter AcademyElementary · 677 students
- Sky View Middle SchoolMiddle · 565 students
- Prairie Winds Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 458 students
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 451 students
Other Sierra Vista Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sierra Vista Elementary. Sierra Vista Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Sierra Vista ElementaryPerris, CA · 867 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryMadera, CA · 740 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryArvin, CA · 690 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryLa Habra, CA · 467 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryClovis, CA · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Pueblo West High School0.6 mi · 1,540
- Sky View Middle School1.4 mi · 565
- Swallows Charter Academy1.4 mi · 677
- Swallows Charter Academy High School1.5 mi · 178
- Desert Sage Elementary School1.6 mi · 368
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School2.0 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Vista Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sierra Vista Elementary School?
Sierra Vista Elementary School enrolls approximately 443 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sierra Vista Elementary School serve?
Sierra Vista Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sierra Vista Elementary School have?
Sierra Vista Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sierra Vista Elementary School?
At Sierra Vista Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 46% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sierra Vista Elementary School in?
Sierra Vista Elementary School is part of Pueblo County School District 70.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.