Enrollment
285
Combined
DISTRICT 177 · STATE 498
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE·NCES 350237001059
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
450 LA MADERA, SANTA FE, NM 87501 · (505) 467-4500 · Santa Fe County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of New Mexico public schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.5:1 · STATE 11.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
281 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 2 | 1% |
| Grade 11 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 12 | 12 | 4% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 40% smaller than its 8th grade class (35).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
25.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
11.1%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL this school | 285 | 98.6% | 25.3% |
| MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 2.0 ALBUQUERQUE | 1,040 | 99.6% | 44.4% |
| HOZHO ACADEMY GALLUP | 781 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Alamo Navajo Community School Alamo | 290 | 99.0% | N/A |
| Pine Hill Schools Pine Hill | 315 | 99.0% | N/A |
| To'hajiilee Day School ToHajiilee | 246 | 98.8% | N/A |
Matched among New Mexico K-12 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 ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #10 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.6% | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #10 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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 2024-25Enrollment
285
-65 (-19%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 285 | 28.2 | 10.1:1 | 99% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 26.3 | 11.6:1 | 99% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 100% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 100% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 100% (434) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 86% (364) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (434 to 285); teachers down 15% (33 to 28.2).
About ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a small combined-grade school in SANTA FE, New Mexico, administered by SANTA FE. The grade span is pre-K through 12, and enrollment is 285 students. Average enrollment for combined schools in New Mexico is about 498, so this school runs 43% smaller than that.
SANTA FE enrolls 11,182 students in 29 schools, including ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL.
The large majority of students at ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, 86%, are Hispanic. The next largest groups are 10% White and 3% Native American. The school's Hispanic share is 38 points above the 48% share among Santa Fe County residents. ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL operates with 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.1:1. For comparison, combined schools in New Mexico average 11.3:1. About 99% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The rate at public schools in Santa Fe County averages 84%, lower than here.
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of New Mexico public schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.3%; the prediction is 33.7%.
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL is located in Santa Fe County, where median household income is about $79,071, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 53 public schools in Santa Fe County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,719.
GONZALES ELEMENTARY is the public school closest to ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 19%, from 350 to 285. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.1:1 to 10.1:1 over the same years.
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Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- PINON ELEMENTARYElementary · 513 students
- EL DORADO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 1,487 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- Santa Fe Indian SchoolHigh · 701 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- GONZALES ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 328
- NM SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF0.6 mi · 145
- MANDELA INTERNATIONAL MAGNET (MIMS)0.8 mi · 290
- NM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.9 mi · 338
- Santa Fe Indian School0.9 mi · 701
- CARLOS GILBERT ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLHow large is ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-12.
Is ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL have?
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL are roughly 10% White, 86% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Is ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL public or private?
ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SANTA FE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.