Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School

Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School operates as a modestly sized elementary school in Prewitt, New Mexico, overseen by Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School. Current enrollment sits at 222 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Operationally, Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School answers to Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McKinley County (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for McKinley County indicate median household income runs about $47,668, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 28%. In all, McKinley County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), of which Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School is one.

BLUEWATER ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Baca/Dlo'ay Azhi Community School has fell 35%, going from 343 students in 2018 to 222 in 2025.

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