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Middle Schools in Pueblo County School District 70

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At a glance

DistrictPueblo County School District 7042^nd of 115 Colorado districtsFull district overview →

Schools

2,291

Students

Top rankedThe Connect Charter School98^th of 469 Colorado middle schools

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Biggest riser

Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School up 50 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Vineland Middle School 16.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

There are 8 middle schools serving grades 6–8 in Pueblo County School District 70, a district ranked 42nd out of 115 in Colorado, with a combined enrollment of 2,291 students. The Connect Charter School is the clear academic leader, ranking 98th of 469 Colorado middle schools (4 stars) and the only school in the district to exceed state averages in ELA (66.5%), math (47.6%), and science (44.3%). Connect also boasts by far the lowest chronic absenteeism at 13.3% — less than half the state rate of 28.4%.

Sky View Middle School is the largest school (565 students) and the strongest traditional neighborhood option, ranking 186th with strong science proficiency (43.8%) and steady three-year rank improvement. Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School is the most improved, climbing from 260 to 194 in rank on the strength of a nearly 14-point jump in math proficiency — notable because it has the district's highest student-teacher ratio (25.3). On the other end, Liberty Point International School is the biggest concern: ranked 338th with 31% ELA and 18% math proficiency, a science score that plunged from 36.2% to 18.6%, and a 38% chronic absenteeism rate.

District-wide, chronic absenteeism and math are the biggest challenges. Six of eight schools exceed both the district (31.6%) and state (28.4%) absenteeism rates — Beulah Middle School (51.9%) and Craver Middle School (45.0%) are highest. Only Connect and Villa Bella fall below state levels, and those two also tend to outperform academically, suggesting attendance is closely tied to results. Math lags state averages in every school except Connect, with Liberty Point (18.0%), Craver (23.2%), and Vineland Middle School (24.1%) posting the lowest scores. However, the overall trend is encouraging: Sky View, Villa Bella, Vineland, and Pleasant View Middle School all improved their rankings over the past three years, and science is a relative strength at Sky View, Connect, and Craver.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CMAS English Language Arts (2026)				CMAS Math (2026)				CMAS Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CMAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 7th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 8th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts All Grades	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 8th Grade	Total
The Connect Charter School	Public, Charter	6-8	104 West 7th	Pueblo	81003	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	Yes	No	No	No	(719) 542-0224	252	15	16.8		96 (38.1%)	1 (0.4%)	139 (55.2%)	7 (2.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.2%)	77.7	98^th of 469 public middle schools	79.1%		78.3	86^th of 469 public middle schools	81.7%	12	55.7	67.9	77.1	66.5	38.0	47.6	58.6	47.6	44.3	$9,049
Beulah Middle School	Public	6-8	8734 Schoolhouse Lane	Beulah	81023	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 485-3127	48	4	13.7	47.9%	31 (64.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (27.1%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (6.3%)								(n/a)				56.4						$3,479
Craver Middle School	Public	6-8	4850 Crow Cut Off Road	Colorado City	81019	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 676-3030	158	8	18.8	44.3%	118 (74.7%)	2 (1.3%)	22 (13.9%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.9%)	44.1	218^th of 469 public middle schools	53.5%		51.4	195^th of 469 public middle schools	58.4%	23	27.5	38.6	51.2	39.2			26.8	23.2	41.5	$14,034
Pleasant View Middle School	Public	6-8	23600 Everett Road	Pueblo	81006	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 542-7813	348	19	18.8	55.5%	146 (42.0%)	4 (1.1%)	185 (53.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	41.6	230^th of 469 public middle schools	51.0%		35.8	271^st of 469 public middle schools	42.2%	41	33.6	40.4	36.6	36.9	26.9	30.9	40.8	32.7	30.8	$13,205
Vineland Middle School	Public	6-8	1132 Lane 36	Pueblo	81006	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 948-3336	362	22	16.4	62.7%	169 (46.7%)	2 (0.6%)	159 (43.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.3%)	35.2	273^rd of 469 public middle schools	41.8%		29.5	319^th of 469 public middle schools	32.0%	46	31.6	39.8	41.1	37.8	16.3	20.4	34.8	24.1	29.5	$12,984
Liberty Point International School	Public	6-8	484 South Maher Drive	Pueblo West	81007	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 547-3752	417	24	17.3	60.9%	210 (50.4%)	3 (0.7%)	178 (42.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.0%)	23.4	338^th of 469 public middle schools	27.9%		25.3	333^rd of 469 public middle schools	29.0%	5	32.6	34.3	26.2	31.0	21.3	12.9	19.9	18.0	18.6	$14,999
Sky View Middle School	Public	6-8	1047 Camino De Bravo	Pueblo West	81007	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	No	No	No	No	(719) 547-1175	565	31	18.0	45.1%	286 (50.6%)	5 (0.9%)	235 (41.6%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (5.7%)	52	186^th of 469 public middle schools	60.3%		50.1	201^st of 469 public middle schools	57.1%	15	40.2	36.6	55.0	43.9	25.8	30.7	47.9	34.3	43.8	$12,832
Villa Bella Expeditionary Middle School	Public, Charter	6-8	2320 Rawlings Blvd	Pueblo	81001	Pueblo County	Pueblo County School District 70	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(719) 621-1763	141	6	25.3	46.1%	51 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (55.3%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.1%)	50.1	194^th of 469 public middle schools	58.6%		39.8	244^th of 469 public middle schools	48.0%	50	45.7	55.1	35.4	45.5	23.9	32.7	43.8	33.6	33.3	$00

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pueblo School District No. 60	0.53 mi	32	101^st
El Paso County Colorado School District 49	0.82 mi	31	33^rd
Education Reenvisioned BOCES	2.4 mi	12	56^th
Las Animas School District No. Re-1	2.85 mi	5
Hanover School District No. 28	18.47 mi	2	76^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Colorado Department of Education.

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