Original Research by School Decision on Paragon Preschool
Paragon Preschool is a regular public school serving only the pre-kindergarten year, located in Pueblo, Colorado, and operating as part of Pueblo School District 60. Because the school’s grade band is a single, non-tested year, no state assessment data, no graduation rate, and no chronic absenteeism figures are available. That absence is a structural outcome of the grades it serves, not a signal of performance. A parent interested in academic outcomes at the district’s elementary level would need to look at the schools that Paragon’s students later feed into.
The school’s enrollment is small and composed entirely of pre-kindergarten children. The student body is majority Hispanic, with a significant white population and small shares of Asian students and students reporting two or more races. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, on students with disabilities, and on English learners was not reported in the available records. That is a meaningful gap for families trying to understand the full spectrum of support and need in the building, and a parent may want to follow up directly with the school.
Paragon Preschool sits within Pueblo School District 60, which in late 2022 passed the largest bond measure in district history to fund facility improvements, safety upgrades, and capital projects. The bond was structured so that it did not increase the district’s debt repayment mill levy. The district also recently reverted to its historical name, Pueblo School District 60, after a period as Pueblo City Schools, part of a broader rebranding that continues to shape its public identity.
The school is located in Pueblo, a mid-sized city with a deep industrial past as a steel-producing center, now shifting toward a more diversified economy built around healthcare, education, and government. The city’s character includes a historic downtown with a riverwalk, the Colorado State Fairgrounds, and cultural festivals, but its overall footprint is spread out and largely auto-oriented outside of the downtown core. Major employers include a large medical center, the state mental health hospital, the school district itself, a regional university, and the steel mill. Affordable housing, relative to state and national benchmarks, characterizes the local market. The community is increasingly positioning itself around solar energy development as part of its economic evolution.
For a family, Paragon Preschool is what its name and grade configuration suggest: a pre-kindergarten program within a mid-sized city district. There is no academic performance data to weigh because the state does not test at this level. The main considerations are the school’s setting within Pueblo, the broader district’s recent investment in facilities through the bond measure, and the absence of key demographic detail in the available public records. This is a school that prospective families will need to evaluate primarily through a visit and conversation with staff rather than through published metrics.
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