Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARMINGTON·NCES 350099000280
ANIMAS ELEMENTARY
1612 HUTTON AVE, FARMINGTON, NM 87401 · (505) 599-8601 · San Juan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
345 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
17.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
345
-120 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.9:1
% White
16%
was 21%
% Hispanic
23%
was 23%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ANIMAS ELEMENTARY
Set in FARMINGTON, New Mexico, ANIMAS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary-level community, run under FARMINGTON. It teaches 345 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so ANIMAS ELEMENTARY sits 20% bigger than that benchmark.
ANIMAS ELEMENTARY is one of 20 schools operated by FARMINGTON, a district that instructs 10,745 students overall.
Looking at the student body, ANIMAS ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is Native American at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 23% Hispanic, 16% White, 11% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, ANIMAS ELEMENTARY logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, ANIMAS ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.8%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Juan County) reports that median household income runs about $55,872, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Juan County runs 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,309 students), of which ANIMAS ELEMENTARY is one.
The closest other public school is ROCINANTE HIGH, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANIMAS ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, ANIMAS ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.
ANIMAS ELEMENTARY operates from a high-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANIMAS ELEMENTARY has ticked down 26%, going from 465 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 21% to 16%.
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San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,942
Census ACS
Median income
$55,872
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
21,309 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FARMINGTON
- FARMINGTON HIGHHigh · 1,747 students
- PIEDRA VISTA HIGHHigh · 1,511 students
- HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 660 students
- TIBBETTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 652 students
- HERMOSA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 622 students
- COUNTRY CLUB ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
Other schools in FARMINGTON
- FARMINGTON HIGHHigh · 1,747 students
- PIEDRA VISTA HIGHHigh · 1,511 students
- HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 660 students
- TIBBETTS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 652 students
- HERMOSA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 622 students
- COUNTRY CLUB ELEMENTARYElementary · 530 students
Nearby schools
- ROCINANTE HIGH1.1 mi · 133
- NORTHEAST ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 502
- HERMOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 622
- HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 660
- MESA VERDE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 445
- MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 438
Frequently asked questions
About ANIMAS ELEMENTARYHow large is ANIMAS ELEMENTARY?
ANIMAS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 345 students in grades KG-05.
Is ANIMAS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ANIMAS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does ANIMAS ELEMENTARY have?
ANIMAS ELEMENTARY employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at ANIMAS ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at ANIMAS ELEMENTARY are roughly 16% White, 23% Hispanic, 11% Two or more.
Is ANIMAS ELEMENTARY public or private?
ANIMAS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by FARMINGTON.
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