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Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy recorded 134 fewer students enrolled in 2024-25 school year than previous school year

Published 06/10/25

There were 844 students enrolled in Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy during the 2024-25 school year, 13.7% less than the previous year's 978 students welcomed, according to the Colorado Department of Education.

Among the student body, 50.8% were boys and 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic or Latino (704), representing 83.4% of the Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy total enrollment. White students comprised the second-largest ethnic group, with 114 students (13.5%).

The grade level with the highest enrollment was eighth grade, with 97 students enrolled that year, accounting for 11.5% of the total student body.

The school is located in Pueblo School District No. 60, and has a central office in Pueblo.

In total, there were 881,065 students enrolled in Colorado during the 2024-25 school year.

Colorado’s K–12 enrollment has gradually declined each year since the pandemic, with about 3–4% fewer students in 2024 than the state’s peak enrollment in 2019.

The declines are concentrated in the early grades and certain rural areas, while some metro districts are holding steady or growing. Lower birth rates and pandemic disruptions are driving the trend. Colorado’s public schools are now serving the smallest number of students in a decade, a shift that has implications for funding and planning even as per-pupil resources increase to compensate.

Colorado’s teacher workforce faces persistent shortages and pay challenges. In the 2023–24 school year, nearly 7,000 teaching positions were vacant statewide at some point. Districts managed to fill only about 75% of those openings with fully qualified hires, leaving many to be filled by short-term substitutes, retirees, or emergency credentials for the rest, while 9% remained unfilled for the entire school year.

Enrollment in Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy Over 4 Years
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School Enrollment Breakdown in Pueblo School District No. 60 in 2024-25 School Year
SchoolTotal Enrollment
Central High School1,145
East High School1,081
Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy844
Centennial High School801
South High School795
W. H. Heaton Middle School578
Corwin International Magnet School565
Pueblo Academy of Arts562
Goodnight Elementary School534
Paragon Learning Center476
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences444
Sunset Park Elementary School425
Belmont Elementary School394
Morton Elementary School374
Columbian Elementary School371
Franklin School of Innovation346
Risley International Academy of Innovation335
Irving Elementary School326
Park View Elementary School285
Haaff Elementary School284
Minnequa Elementary School277
Highland Park Elementary School276
Fountain International Magnet School276
South Park Elementary School273
Beulah Heights Elementary School264
Bradford Elementary School252
Heritage Elementary School250
Eva R. Baca Elementary School250
Bessemer Elementary School248
Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences at Fulton Height221
D60 Online School112

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