ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY

ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY is one of the intimate elementary schools in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of ALBUQUERQUE, with 212 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY is among them.

In terms of who attends, ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY lists that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 8% White, 7% Native American. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

Looking at school resources, ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.8%; this one comes in at 19.6%, -14.2 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bernalillo County put the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TAYLOR MIDDLE, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 212). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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