Enrollment
141
Middle
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUEBLO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 70·NCES 080615006856
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School
2320 RAWLINGS BLVD, PUEBLO, CO 81001 · (719) 621-1763 · Pueblo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL141 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Colorado public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
25.3:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
65 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 50 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 30% |
Student demographics
56%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
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CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
41.8%
CO avg 44.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
CO avg 36.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.8% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 26.5% |
% 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School this school | 141 | 46.1% | 33.2% |
| Bennett Middle School BENNETT | 281 | 42.7% | 18.8% |
| Englewood Leadership Academy ENGLEWOOD | 110 | 51.8% | 53.5% |
| Ignacio Middle School IGNACIO | 144 | 53.5% | 26.2% |
| Carbondale Middle School CARBONDALE | 362 | 48.6% | 37.6% |
| South Valley Middle School PLATTEVILLE | 143 | 62.9% | 20.3% |
Matched among Colorado middle 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 Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Pueblo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #115 of 241 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #160 of 244 ▼ 49 | #7 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #121 of 246 ▲ 12 | #5 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 141 | #241 of 278 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.1% | #134 of 246 | #9 of 11 |
Ranked against other public middle 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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 141 | 5.6 | 25.3:1 | 46% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 100 | 5 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 50 | 3 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School.
About Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School is a very small middle-grades school in Colorado, with an address in PUEBLO. Enrollment totals 141 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts enrollment 69% below the 462-student average for middle schools in Colorado.
In Pueblo County School District 70, 27 schools enroll a combined 10,563 students.
About 55% of the student body at Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 36% White and 7% multiracial. County-wide, 42% of Pueblo County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Its staff includes 5.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 25.3 students per teacher. Across middle schools in Colorado, the average ratio is 15.9:1. Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 46%. It compares with 66% for public schools in Pueblo County.
Among Colorado public middle schools, Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School scores 33.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 38.8%.
For the population of Pueblo County, the median household earns about $64,010 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Pueblo County counts 66 public schools with about 32,254 students.
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School is less than a tenth of a mile from Villa Bella Expeditionary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School is ahead of the 24.3% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. NCES lists Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School as a charter school.
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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
- GOAL AcademyHigh · 6,693 students
- Pueblo County High SchoolHigh · 1,148 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,081 students
- Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory AcademyCombined · 844 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 801 students
Nearby schools
- Villa Bella Expeditionary School0.1 mi · 298
- W H Heaton Middle School1.0 mi · 578
- Belmont Elementary School1.3 mi · 394
- East High School1.3 mi · 1,081
- Franklin School of Innovation1.5 mi · 346
- Haaff Elementary School1.8 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle SchoolHow large is Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School?
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School enrolls approximately 141 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School serve?
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School is approximately 25.3:1 (6 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School?
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School reports a student body of 36% White, 55% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School in?
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School is part of Pueblo County School District 70.
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