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%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.