BARCELONA ELEMENTARY

BARCELONA ELEMENTARY operates as a cozy primary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, part of ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 202 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so BARCELONA ELEMENTARY sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, BARCELONA ELEMENTARY records that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 4% White. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bernalillo County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BARCELONA ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.5%; actual is 18.4%, a gap of -15.1 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BARCELONA ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

ADOBE ACRES ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BARCELONA ELEMENTARY comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 49%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 202 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.