Enrollment
254
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000032
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY
4725 CANDELARIA RD NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 · (505) 888-4033 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
10.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
253 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
46%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
22.8%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
9.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 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 BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY's state test result (22.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY this school | 254 | 99.6% | 22.6% |
| CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 181 | 100.0% | 36.5% |
| WHERRY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 240 | 100.0% | N/A |
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SOCORRO | 382 | 99.0% | 30.6% |
| VALLEY VIEW ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 343 | 99.7% | 25.7% |
| KEARNY ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 338 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
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 BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #288 of 329 | #72 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.7% | #335 of 354 | #85 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.8% | #334 of 366 | #86 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #271 of 490 | #76 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #31 of 318 | #16 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #148 of 334 | #55 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.6% | #238 of 393 | #57 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #150 of 287 | #58 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
254
-17 (-6%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 254 | 25.4 | 10.0:1 | 100% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 27.8 | 8.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 25.2 | 10.0:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 23 | 11.8:1 | 100% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 21.3 | 15.1:1 | 100% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 24 | 14.3:1 | 100% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 82% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 78% (313) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (322 to 254); teachers up 19% (21.3 to 25.4).
About BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY is located in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. It educates 254 students in pre-K through 5.
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY is one school in a 172-school district, ALBUQUERQUE, which enrolls 74,800 students.
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY's enrollment is 72% Hispanic. Other groups make up 10% Native American, 8% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. County-wide, 49% of Bernalillo County residents are Hispanic. BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.0:1, with 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in New Mexico, the typical ratio is 12.9:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY is 100%. The rate at public schools in Bernalillo County averages 90%, lower than here.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY is 10.9 points below its prediction. Actual: 22.6%. Predicted: 33.5%.
Census estimates describe Bernalillo County this way: median household income is about $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 211 public schools in Bernalillo County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,724.
The nearest public school is DESERT WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL, at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY is 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 271 in 2020-21 and 254 in 2024-25, a decrease of 17 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.0:1.
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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
- DESERT WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 289
- MCKINLEY MIDDLE0.3 mi · 434
- HODGIN ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 392
- FREEDOM HIGH0.9 mi · 111
- 21ST CENTURY PUBLIC ACADEMY0.9 mi · 371
- NEW FUTURES HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About BEL-AIR ELEMENTARYHow many students attend BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY?
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 254 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY serve?
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY is approximately 10.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY?
At BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 8% White, 72% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY public or private?
BEL-AIR ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.