Sierra Vista Elementary School

As a moderately sized K-5 school in PUEBLO WEST, Colorado, Sierra Vista Elementary School instructs 443 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Pueblo County School District 70.

Pueblo County School District 70 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 10,563 students. Sierra Vista Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Sierra Vista Elementary School shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 46% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Sierra Vista Elementary School logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pueblo County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Sierra Vista Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.4%, the actual is 43.1%, a residual of +5.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pueblo County shows the typical household earns roughly $64,010 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sierra Vista Elementary School is one of 66 public schools in Pueblo County (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pueblo West High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sierra Vista Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sierra Vista Elementary School has fell 8%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 443 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Sierra Vista Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.