Prairie Winds Elementary School
Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 5 · Pueblo West, Colorado
Prairie Winds Elementary School in Pueblo West, Colorado enrolled 477 students in 2024-25 with 28.6 full-time teachers, 16.7 students per teacher against the Colorado elementary-school median of 15.1. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 23% of its students tested were proficient in math in 2022-23 (Colorado: 33.1%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 21%
500 students in 2022-23, 513 students in 2023-24, 477 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 23.7 to 28.6.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 500 | 23.7 | 21.1 |
| 2023-24 | 513 | 27.9 | 18.4 |
| 2024-25 | 477 | 28.6 | 16.7 |
16.7 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 74 of every 100 Colorado elementary schools
Among the 1,009 Colorado elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 15.1; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 393 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Prairie Winds Elementary School enrolled 393 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 15 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 393 of the 393 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions15
- Chronically absent25.2% (2022-23)
Who attends
52.0% of students were White, 36.7% Hispanic, 8.6% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White52.0%
- Hispanic36.7%
- Two or more races8.6%
- Black1.7%
- American Indian0.4%
- Pacific Islander0.4%
- Asian0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2022-23
In 2022-23, the students tested at Prairie Winds Elementary School scored proficient or above: 23% in math, against 33.1% in math across Colorado. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Colorado, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. No whole-school reading result is shown: ED's files give none for this school for 2021-22 or 2022-23.
| Subject | This school | Its district | Colorado |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 23% | 25% (2021-22) | 33.1% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Elementary schools in Pueblo West
6 public elementary schools in Pueblo West report 2024-25 enrollment; Prairie Winds Elementary School is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swallows Charter Academy | 677 | 25.8 | 30.3% |
| Prairie Winds Elementary School | 477 | 16.7 | 47.0% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary School | 458 | 18.3 | 35.4% |
| Liberty Point Elementary School | 451 | 15.6 | 61.0% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary School | 443 | 17.6 | 44.7% |
| Desert Sage Elementary School | 368 | 15.8 | 56.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Prairie Winds Elementary School
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolThe nearest public elementary school, 2.0 miles away: 451 students, 15.6 per teacher (2024-25).2.0 mi
- Swallows Charter AcademyThe next nearest public elementary school, 2.3 miles away: 677 students, 25.8 per teacher (2024-25).2.3 mi
- Compare Prairie Winds Elementary School with Liberty Point Elementary SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Pueblo County School District 70 spends per student$11,559 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$11,559
- The largest public schools in ColoradoPrairie Winds Elementary School is the number 274 by size of 1,010 Colorado elementary schools open in 2024-25.#274 of 1,010
- Colorado schools by students per teacher16.7 students per teacher here against the Colorado median of 15.1 for elementary schools.16.7:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Prairie Winds Elementary School
How many students attend Prairie Winds Elementary School?
477 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 500 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Pueblo West, CO.What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie Winds Elementary School?
16.7 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Colorado median for elementary schools is 15.1. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Prairie Winds Elementary School a Title I school?
Prairie Winds Elementary School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Prairie Winds Elementary School do on state tests?
In 2022-23, the students tested at Prairie Winds Elementary School scored proficient or above: 23% in math, against 33.1% in math across Colorado. Colorado's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Prairie Winds Elementary School in?
Pueblo County School District 70, NCES district ID 0806150. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 080615001855 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.