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Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000030
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY
3309 PERSHING ST SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106 · (505) 255-8744 · Bernalillo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
383 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
63.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
48.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 BANDELIER ELEMENTARY
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY's state test result (54.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANDELIER ELEMENTARY this school | 387 | 99.0% | 54.6% |
| LYDIA RIPPEY ELEMENTARY AZTEC | 354 | 100.0% | 44.5% |
| BERRENDO ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 327 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
| CORRALES ELEMENTARY CORRALES | 378 | 99.7% | 55.5% |
| ONATE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 301 | 99.7% | 60.3% |
| PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY AZTEC | 317 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
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 BANDELIER ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #33 of 329 | #13 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #38 of 354 | #12 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #44 of 366 | #16 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #133 of 490 | #35 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #130 of 318 | #61 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #38 of 334 | #18 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #274 of 393 | #85 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.4% | #82 of 287 | #39 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 2024-25Enrollment
387
-39 (-9%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 535
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 387 | 30.9 | 12.5:1 | 99% (383) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 34.1 | 12.3:1 | 64% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 453 | 32.6 | 13.9:1 | 34% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 426 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 36.6 | 15.4:1 | 40% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 42% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 36% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 41% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 535 | 29 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BANDELIER ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (564 to 387); teachers down 16% (36.6 to 30.9).
About BANDELIER ELEMENTARY
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 387 students. The average among elementary schools in New Mexico is roughly 287 students; this school is 35% above that.
ALBUQUERQUE (172 schools, 74,800 students) runs BANDELIER ELEMENTARY.
At BANDELIER ELEMENTARY, the largest share of students is White, at 42%. Next come 41% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Native American, and 2% Asian. BANDELIER ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is 30.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.5:1. That is close to the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The school counts 383 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 99%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Bernalillo County is 90%.
allk12 grades BANDELIER ELEMENTARY an A. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY scores 21.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 54.6% actual versus 33.6% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Bernalillo County residents, the median household income is $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in the county.
MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is the public school closest to BANDELIER ELEMENTARY, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is 2nd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
Enrollment at BANDELIER ELEMENTARY declined 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 426 to 387 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.5:1 in 2020-21, and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 379
- CORAL COMMUNITY CHARTER0.9 mi · 241
- HIGHLAND HIGH0.9 mi · 1,144
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 162
- MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.00.9 mi · 1,193
- NEW MEXICO ACADEMY FOR THE MEDIA ARTS1.0 mi · 109
Frequently asked questions
About BANDELIER ELEMENTARYHow large is BANDELIER ELEMENTARY?
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
Is BANDELIER ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does BANDELIER ELEMENTARY have?
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
How diverse is BANDELIER ELEMENTARY?
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 42% White, 41% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is BANDELIER ELEMENTARY in?
BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.