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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 81005

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At a glance

Schools

3,717

Students

Top rankedSunset Park Elementary School522^nd of 943 Colorado elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Beulah Heights Elementary School up 195 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Beulah Heights Elementary School 14.2 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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

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Summary:

Zip code 81005 in Pueblo, Colorado contains 9 schools serving about 3,717 students in grades PK-12, all within Pueblo School District No. 60, a district ranked 101 out of 115 in Colorado. The area is economically disadvantaged, with free/reduced lunch rates between 65% and 85% at most schools. The schools include five elementary schools (Goodnight Elementary School, Sunset Park Elementary School, Highland Park Elementary School, South Park Elementary School, and Beulah Heights Elementary School), two middle schools (Pueblo Academy of Arts and D60 Online School), and two high schools (South High School and Paragon Learning Center).

Goodnight Elementary School and Sunset Park Elementary School are the clear standouts. Goodnight, a PK-8 school, ranks in the 41st percentile statewide with ELA proficiency of 40.3% and math proficiency of 32.3%, well above district averages of 27.2% and 18.7%. Its 6th grade math proficiency of 47.2% more than quadruples the district average of 10.9%, and its chronic absenteeism of 26.5% is far below the district's 41.6%. Sunset Park ranks in the 45th percentile, the highest elementary ranking in the zip code, with strong 5th grade science (45.5%) and ELA (53.7%) scores. Pueblo Academy of Arts is the lowest-performing school, ranking in the 1st percentile with just 2.3% math and 9.1% ELA proficiency, while D60 Online School posts similarly low math scores at 3.4%.

Chronic absenteeism strongly tracks performance. The lowest-performing schools, Pueblo Academy of Arts (54.3%), D60 Online School (53.5%), and South High School (47.0%), have the highest absenteeism, while Sunset Park Elementary School (25.0%) and Goodnight Elementary School (26.5%) have the lowest. South High School still posts a 93.5% graduation rate, above the state's 85.6%, despite low SAT scores. Several schools are improving, including Sunset Park Elementary School (30th to 45th percentile in two years), Beulah Heights Elementary School (13th to 26th), and Highland Park Elementary School (8th to 18th), while South Park Elementary School fell from the 33rd to 20th percentile. Paragon Learning Center has a 74.0% graduation rate, far below the state, and a 6.7% dropout rate. Middle school math remains the most urgent need.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT10 Reading and Writing (2026)	PSAT10 Mathematics (2026)	PSAT9 Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Reading and Writing (2026)	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	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	PSAT10 Reading and Writing 10th Grade	PSAT10 Mathematics 10th Grade	PSAT9 Reading and Writing 9th Grade	SAT Reading and Writing 11th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	CMAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	CMAS Math 4th Grade	CMAS Math 5th Grade	CMAS Math 6th Grade	CMAS Math 7th Grade	CMAS Math 8th Grade	CMAS Math All Grades	CMAS Science 5th Grade	CMAS Science 8th Grade	CMAS Science 11th Grade	Total
Beulah Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2670 Delphinium Street	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7510	264	19	14.2	85.2%	64 (24.2%)	5 (1.9%)	188 (71.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	22.6	701^st of 943 public elementary schools	25.7%		9.4	896^th of 950 public elementary schools	5.7%	195					22.6	17.6	33.3				24.2	45.2						21.1	12.9			$17,506
Goodnight Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	624 Windy Way	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	No	(719) 549-7545	534	33	16.1	65.2%	165 (30.9%)	13 (2.4%)	330 (61.8%)	8 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.0%)	36.8	556^th of 943 public elementary schools	41.0%		39.3	531^st of 950 public elementary schools	44.1%	25					36.4	21.0	45.7	49.1	45.5	46.0	40.3	30.9	24.2	28.6	47.2	30.9	34.7	32.3	24.3	42.0		$15,182
Highland Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2701 Vinewood Lane	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7560	276	18	15.3	75.4%	70 (25.4%)	2 (0.7%)	204 (73.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.6	776^th of 943 public elementary schools	17.7%		10.7	876^th of 950 public elementary schools	7.8%	100					22.9	13.8	32.4				23.5	34.3	9.7	17.6				21.0	20.6			$16,947
Pueblo Academy of Arts	Public	6-8	29 Lehigh Avenue	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	Yes	(719) 549-7430	562	33	17.1	85.4%	140 (24.9%)	17 (3.0%)	373 (66.4%)	4 (0.7%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.9%)	5.6	464^th of 469 public middle schools	1.1%		7.2	457^th of 469 public middle schools	2.6%	7								5.6	10.7	10.9	9.1					3.6		2.3		6.8		$16,127
South Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3100 Hollywood	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	No	(719) 549-7600	273	17	15.8	81.7%	56 (20.5%)	6 (2.2%)	195 (71.4%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.7%)	12 (4.4%)	19.2	750^th of 943 public elementary schools	20.5%		29	620^th of 950 public elementary schools	34.7%	130					23.9	31.6	34.1				29.6	29.2	18.4	20.0				23.0	12.5			$17,175
South High School	Public	9-12	1801 Hollywood Drive	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	No	(719) 549-7255	795	43	18.3	73.2%	201 (25.3%)	24 (3.0%)	537 (67.5%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (2.9%)	10.8	308^th of 338 public high schools	8.9%		13.6	290^th of 328 public high schools	11.6%	18	38.0	11.0	44.0	36.0																	9.4	$16,731
Sunset Park Elementary School	Public	K-5	110 University Circle	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	No	No	(719) 549-7610	425	24	17.5	75.8%	138 (32.5%)	8 (1.9%)	261 (61.4%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	39.1	522^nd of 943 public elementary schools	44.6%		31.2	602^nd of 950 public elementary schools	36.6%	80					30.0	42.9	53.7				40.5	30.0	26.8	30.9				29.3	45.5			$13,812
Paragon Learning Center	Public, Virtual	9-12	3000 Lakeview Avenue	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	Yes	Yes	(719) 423-3570	476	22	21.6		103 (21.6%)	12 (2.5%)	347 (72.9%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.1%)	9.7	313^th of 338 public high schools	7.4%		9.2	309^th of 328 public high schools	5.8%	4	44.0		46.0	23.0																		$15,174
D60 Online School	Public, Virtual	6-8	1801 Hollywood Dr	Pueblo	81005	Pueblo County	Pueblo School District No. 60	No	No	Yes	No	(719) 225-5097	112	5	21.8		22 (19.6%)	1 (0.9%)	84 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.6%)								(n/a)										26.5	18.8							3.4		16.7		$12,831

Cities Near Zip Code 81005

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pueblo	2.66 mi	46	171^st
Pueblo West	5.37 mi	12	114^th
Beulah	18.18 mi	2
Avondale	19.73 mi	1
Colorado City	20.1 mi	1	79^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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