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South Mesa Elementary School

South Mesa Elementary School school profile in Pueblo, Colorado with TractSignal score, achievement history, enrollment trends, FRL trend, and tract-linked housing and crime context.

TractSignal score
50/100
durable school quality with higher local pressure · high confidence
Enrollment
321
Enrollment has declined 3% over the available history.
FRL Share
66.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible share
Academic average
738.0
Composite of ELA, Math, and Science
Score breakdown

What drives South Mesa Elementary School

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Academic Quality

50

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Durability

63

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Momentum

55

School-level signal inside the published composite score.

Place Context

34

Surrounding tract conditions connected to the campus.

Benchmarks

School and place compared

School metrics compare against peers; place metrics compare the linked tract against Pueblo and Colorado.

#MetricSchoolPeer
1 TractSignal score
Peer 36 · Colorado 50
50 36
2 Academic average
Peer 727.5 · Colorado 737.4
738.0 727.5
3 ELA
Peer 730.6 · Colorado 741
747.7 730.6
4 Math
Peer 727.8 · Colorado 736.9
736.5 727.8
5 Science
Peer 723.5 · Colorado 734.5
729.8 723.5
6 Enrollment
Peer 331 · Colorado 394
321 331
#MetricTractBenchmark
1 Violent crime
Pueblo 12.0 / 1k · Colorado 5.6 / 1k
12.0 / 1k 12.0 / 1k
2 Market rent
Pueblo $1,385 · Colorado $1,977
$1,351 $1,385
3 Home price
Pueblo $236,100 · Colorado $556,199
$216,832 $236,100
4 Poverty rate
Pueblo 18.8% · Colorado 10.1%
8.6% 18.8%
5 Median income
Pueblo $57,481 · Colorado $101,131
$72,250 $57,481
6 Renter share
Pueblo 35.8% · Colorado 32.6%
18.1% 35.8%
Research notes

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Academic picture

South Mesa Elementary School currently posts a blended academic reading around 738.0, with ELA at 747.7, Math at 736.5, and Science at 729.8. Against Pueblo elementary schools, the Academic Quality section of the TractSignal score lands at 50/100.

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Momentum and durability

Enrollment has declined 3% over the available history. ELA has moved down 2.1 points over the available history. Math has moved up 4.8 points over the available history. The Durability section currently reads 63/100 and helps protect strong stable schools from getting dragged down by flat short-term momentum.

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Student body and support context

South Mesa Elementary School currently serves about 321 students. FRL share sits near 66.2%, which is treated as support context rather than a penalty in the school score.

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What the surrounding tract looks like

Tract 003104 carries violent crime around 12.0 / 1k, market rent near $1,351, median income near $72,250, and home-price context near $216,832. That surrounding tract context supports the school score rather than standing alone as a disconnected local stat block.

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Housing and safety around the school

The school maps into ZIP 81001 where rent context currently sits near $1,351 and home-price context near $216,832. Nearby violent crime has moved up 5% across the tracked period.

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The quick read

South Mesa Elementary School currently reads as durable school quality with higher local pressure. The total TractSignal school score is 50/100 with high confidence, combining the school record itself with the housing, safety, and change-over-time picture around the tract.