A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY

A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in TIJERAS, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 370 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 29% bigger than typical.

A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY is one of 171 schools operated by ALBUQUERQUE, a district that enrolls 74,041 students overall.

On the student-mix side, A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY reports that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 37% White, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.6%; this one delivers 38.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bernalillo County shows median household income runs about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

The closest other public school is ROOSEVELT MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A. MONTOYA ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 454 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 43% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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