W H Heaton Middle School

Located at 6 ADAIR ROAD, in PUEBLO, Colorado, W H Heaton Middle School is a reasonably sized junior high that instructs 578 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and. By comparison, Colorado's public schools average about 462 students each, so W H Heaton Middle School sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.

Pueblo School District No. 60 in the county of Pueblo and comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 14,351 students; W H Heaton Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, W H Heaton Middle School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 21% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.9:1, putting W H Heaton Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Pueblo County's rate of about 66%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, W H Heaton Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 17.5%; this one delivers 17.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pueblo County) records 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%. Across Pueblo County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,254 students), W H Heaton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Belmont Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts W H Heaton Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. W H Heaton Middle School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 665 (now 578). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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