ABIQUIU ELEMENTARY

ABIQUIU ELEMENTARY is an elementary campus of very small scale in ABIQUIU, New Mexico, one of the schools within ESPANOLA, works with 68 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 76% below the state mean of about 287.

Across the 12 schools in ESPANOLA (1,876 students total), ABIQUIU ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ABIQUIU ELEMENTARY shows that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 7% White, 3% Native American. By comparison, Rio Arriba County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting ABIQUIU ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rio Arriba County put median household earnings sit near $57,155, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Rio Arriba County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,127 students), of which ABIQUIU ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is EL RITO ELEMENTARY, roughly 11.8 miles away.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. ABIQUIU ELEMENTARY's enrollment has shrank 45% since 2018, when it stood at 124 (now 68). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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