The Connect Charter School

The Connect Charter School is a junior high of intimate scale in PUEBLO, Colorado, part of Pueblo County School District 70, enrolling 252 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so The Connect Charter School sits 45% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 27 schools in Pueblo County School District 70 (10,563 students total), The Connect Charter School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, The Connect Charter School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 38% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 42% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting The Connect Charter School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pueblo County put 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%. Across Pueblo County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students), The Connect Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fountain International Magnet School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Connect Charter School.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. The Connect Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. The Connect Charter School's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 252). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 34% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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