Pueblo Elementary School, Yuma AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Pueblo Elementary School

Pueblo Elementary School serves students from preschool through eighth grade in Yuma, Arizona, as part of the Crane Elementary District. It is a regular public school set in a city that blends residential neighborhoods, agricultural land, military installations, and a commercial core. Yuma is the county seat and sits near the borders of California and Mexico, with agriculture, the Marine Corps Air Station, and tourism forming the economic base. The school’s immediate surroundings reflect the broader city: a sprawling, car-dependent environment with a historic downtown centered on Main Street.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with White students and smaller shares of Asian, Black, multiracial, and Native American or Pacific Islander students also represented. Enrollment is spread across all elementary grades, with the largest numbers in the middle elementary years and a notably smaller cohort in seventh grade. This is a school that moves students from early childhood through the end of middle school under one roof, offering a continuous pathway for families who want their children in one building from kindergarten through eighth grade.

On state assessments for the most recent school year, Pueblo’s performance across math and English language arts varied by grade level. In the early elementary grades, proficiency rates in both subjects generally fell in a range that parents should consider carefully, with some grades showing roughly a third of students meeting the bar and others approaching half. The strongest showing in math came from fourth grade, while third and fifth grades were similar to each other; sixth grade math proficiency dipped noticeably lower, which is a soft spot a parent may want to ask the school about. In English language arts, fourth grade also led the way, with sixth and seventh grades at comparable levels. Science results for fifth grade show a similarly modest share of students reaching proficiency. The eighth grade results in all subjects were not reported, likely due to data suppression for a small tested group. Looking across the school as a whole for the subjects and grades that were reported, proficiency lands above the midpoint when compared against other districts in Yuma County, but the absolute rates indicate that many students are performing below grade-level expectations.

No data was available for the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are classified as English learners. Those are important pieces of context for understanding the school’s population, and their absence means a family would want to gather that information directly from the district. Similarly, information on chronic absenteeism, discipline, and staffing was not provided, so this picture of the school’s environment is incomplete.

In late 2023, voters passed a maintenance and operations budget override for the Crane Elementary District. That measure, in effect for a set number of years, funds smaller class sizes, art, music, physical education, and teacher and staff compensation. This is a concrete and recent development that directly shapes daily experience in the schools, including Pueblo, and signals community support for those program areas.

For a family considering Pueblo Elementary School, the core takeaway is a school that serves a wide age range in a medium-sized city setting, with a student body that is largely Hispanic. Academic proficiency on state tests is mixed, with some grades showing a larger share of students meeting standards than others, and the overall picture is below where many families would hope to see. The recent district override provides stable funding for enrichment classes and staffing, which is a structural advantage. The missing data on special populations and school environment makes it harder to assess the full support picture, so direct conversations with the school would be a necessary next step.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 336%

School 36% · District 31% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 37% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 35% · ▲ 7 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 616%

School 16% · District 20% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 30% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 42% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 35% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 37% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 39% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Science

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 30% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolCrane Elementary District (4501), same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.