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ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY

6504 HARPER NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109 · (505) 821-9393 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of New Mexico public elementary schools
  • C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools

Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
321 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5016%
Grade 15617%
Grade 25718%
Grade 35617%
Grade 45016%
Grade 55216%

This year's kindergarten class (50) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).

Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · US 70%
White
6922%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 19% · US 43%
Hispanic
15548%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · US 30%
Black
165%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Asian
165%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
268%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
3912%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 12% · US 1%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
17254%
Female
14946%

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Test scores

NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
37.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
22.4%
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 22 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 32% 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 →

Schools most like ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY

ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY this school321100.0%31.6%
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ALBUQUERQUE
309100.0%29.3%
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ALBUQUERQUE
33999.4%16.7%
UNIVERSITY HILLS ELEMENTARY
LAS CRUCES
363100.0%36.0%
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36299.4%31.3%
SOMBRA DEL MONTE ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE
202100.0%36.4%
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New MexicoIn Bernalillo County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
31.6%#181 of 329#44 of 91
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
22.4%#197 of 354#48 of 96
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
37.1%#213 of 366#49 of 101
Enrollment
ranked largest first
321#208 of 490#53 of 108
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.9:1#101 of 318#49 of 97
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
69.4%#9 of 334#4 of 97
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
100%#17 of 393#3 of 101
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.8%#157 of 287#61 of 88
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
321
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 598
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2532126.911.9:1100% (321)
2023-2429423.112.7:1N/A
2022-2329720.614.4:1100% (297)
2020-213252811.6:145% (147)
2017-1840025.515.7:160% (240)
2015-164182417.4:162% (258)
2010-114662717.3:150% (232)
2000-014522816.1:136% (164)
1990-915982722.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY.

Since 2017-18: students down 20% (400 to 321); teachers up 5% (25.5 to 26.9).

About ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY

In ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of Bernalillo County, ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY is an elementary school. It enrolls 321 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.

ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY is one of 172 schools in ALBUQUERQUE, which enrolls 74,800 students in total.

Hispanic students account for 48% of enrollment at ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY, more than any other group. Other groups include 22% White, 12% Native American, 8% multiracial, and 5% Black. Bernalillo County residents are about 49% Hispanic, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY scores 69%.

ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY has 26.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. The gap from the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 1.0 students per teacher. At ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 10 points lower.

Among New Mexico public elementary schools, ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY outscored 43%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 33.4% for ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY. The school posts 31.6%, 1.8 points below the prediction.

In Bernalillo County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $69,473, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 211 public schools in the county, enrolling about 85,724, ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY among them.

A public school about 0.9 miles away, THE GREAT ACADEMY, is the closest to ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY. ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 31.6% average proficiency ranks 4th among 5 nearby schools.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.

In 2020-21, ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY enrolled 325; in 2024-25, 321.

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Bernalillo County at a glance

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Population
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students

Quick facts

School name
ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY
District
ALBUQUERQUE
Address
6504 HARPER NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109
Phone
(505) 821-9393
County
Bernalillo County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
321
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
11.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
321 (100%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
350006000028
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY
How large is ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY?
ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 321 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY serve?
ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY have?
ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY?
ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 22% White, 48% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY?
ARROYO DEL OSO ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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