BAYARD ELEMENTARY

As a modestly sized K-5 school in BAYARD, New Mexico, BAYARD ELEMENTARY works with 156 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by COBRE. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so BAYARD ELEMENTARY sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.

COBRE runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 939 students. BAYARD ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BAYARD ELEMENTARY reports that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BAYARD ELEMENTARY has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at BAYARD ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BAYARD ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 46.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Grant County shows the typical household earns roughly $44,958 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. BAYARD ELEMENTARY is one of 16 public schools in Grant County (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students).

SNELL MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BAYARD ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BAYARD ELEMENTARY has decreased 35%, going from 241 students in 2018 to 156 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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