Swallows Charter Academy

Set in PUEBLO WEST, Colorado, Swallows Charter Academy is a big elementary campus, run under Pueblo County School District 70. It enrolls 677 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 79% above the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Pueblo County School District 70 runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 10,563 students. Swallows Charter Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Swallows Charter Academy logs that the largest single group is White, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Swallows Charter Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pueblo County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Swallows Charter Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of -11.1 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pueblo County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,010 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Pueblo County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students), of which Swallows Charter Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Swallows Charter Academy High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Swallows Charter Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 30.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. As a public charter, Swallows Charter Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Swallows Charter Academy's enrollment has expanded 57% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 677). White enrollment moved from 69% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 25.8:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.