BANDELIER ELEMENTARY

BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is an average-sized primary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE. The school instructs 387 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 35% bigger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Across the 171 schools in ALBUQUERQUE (74,041 students total), BANDELIER ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, BANDELIER ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 41% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Native American, 2% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, BANDELIER ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of New Mexico schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.6%; actual is 54.6%, +21.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), BANDELIER ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BANDELIER ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.5%.

BANDELIER ELEMENTARY operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. BANDELIER ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 31% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 387). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the BANDELIER ELEMENTARY community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.