ALVIS ELEMENTARY

ALVIS ELEMENTARY is one of the intimate K-5 schools in CLAYTON, New Mexico, one of the schools within CLAYTON, with 152 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 47% smaller than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

CLAYTON runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 397 students. ALVIS ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALVIS ELEMENTARY shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 38% White, 5% Native American, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

On the income-and-resources front, ALVIS ELEMENTARY lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Union County's rate of about 85%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ALVIS ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 36.9%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $46,694, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Union County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 534 students), of which ALVIS ELEMENTARY is one.

KISER ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 7 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ALVIS ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

ALVIS ELEMENTARY operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. ALVIS ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 182 (now 152). White enrollment moved from 47% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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