In 1971, a Catholic alternative to public education in Pueblo 
ceased to exist. During the subsequent years, certain clergy 
and laity saw the need to re-establish such an alternative. 
Approval of Bishop A. Buswell was sought and obtained 
in January, 1977.
 
John Neumann Catholic School was incorporated in the 
State of Colorado in July of the same year and in 
September, 1977, under the leadership of a ten-member 
Board of Directors, the John Neumann Elementary School 
opened with enrollment of 87 students in kindergarten 
through sixth grade. The Assumption School building was 
rented and housed the elementary students until 
September 1982. In September 1979, a second facility, 
St. Mary's Education Center, was leased to accommodate 
the newly organized Middle School. 
Expansion of St. John Neumann continued until it was evident 
that a larger facility was needed. In the spring of 1982, 
Bishop Arthur Tafoya leased the former Seton High School to 
the St. John Neumann System and in August of 1982, Pueblo 
School District No. 60 Board of Education voted to lease 
Lakeview Elementary School John Neumann System.

With the addition of a preschool in 1985, the school system 
was organized according to the following format:   
Elementary (preschool through fifth grade) at the Lakeview 
Building, Middle School (sixth grade through eighth grade) at 
the Seton Building. In 1994 the St. John Neumann System 
purchased the Lakeview Elementary Building. We currently 
provide education to children in Preschool through grade eight.
The parent body knows no sectional boundaries. 
They come from all walks of life, every station and strata, 
and are united by the common goal of excellence 
in education.