

Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy recorded 134 fewer students enrolled in 2024-25 school year than previous school year
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.
School | Total Enrollment |
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Central High School | 1,145 |
East High School | 1,081 |
Chavez/Huerta K-12 Preparatory Academy | 844 |
Centennial High School | 801 |
South High School | 795 |
W. H. Heaton Middle School | 578 |
Corwin International Magnet School | 565 |
Pueblo Academy of Arts | 562 |
Goodnight Elementary School | 534 |
Paragon Learning Center | 476 |
Pueblo Charter School for the Arts & Sciences | 444 |
Sunset Park Elementary School | 425 |
Belmont Elementary School | 394 |
Morton Elementary School | 374 |
Columbian Elementary School | 371 |
Franklin School of Innovation | 346 |
Risley International Academy of Innovation | 335 |
Irving Elementary School | 326 |
Park View Elementary School | 285 |
Haaff Elementary School | 284 |
Minnequa Elementary School | 277 |
Highland Park Elementary School | 276 |
Fountain International Magnet School | 276 |
South Park Elementary School | 273 |
Beulah Heights Elementary School | 264 |
Bradford Elementary School | 252 |
Heritage Elementary School | 250 |
Eva R. Baca Elementary School | 250 |
Bessemer Elementary School | 248 |
Pueblo School for Arts & Sciences at Fulton Height | 221 |
D60 Online School | 112 |