Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000033
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY
8701 PRINCESS JEANNE ST NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87112 · (505) 298-7489 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
9.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
215 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 | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
51%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
50.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY this school | 216 | 99.5% | 40.9% |
| EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 201 | 100.0% | 36.6% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 182 | 100.0% | 38.3% |
| JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY SILVER CITY | 199 | 99.5% | 49.7% |
| LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY RATON | 235 | 96.2% | N/A |
| FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 163 | 100.0% | 33.7% |
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 BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #98 of 329 | #28 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #202 of 354 | #50 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #105 of 366 | #30 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #312 of 490 | #90 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.4:1 | #21 of 318 | #12 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #121 of 334 | #50 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #250 of 393 | #66 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.9% | #48 of 287 | #32 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
216
-52 (-19%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
9.4:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 216 | 23 | 9.4:1 | 100% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 24 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 23.2 | 10.1:1 | 100% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 22 | 12.2:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 100% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 21 | 16.3:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | 60% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 21 | 17.6:1 | 39% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 17 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (348 to 216); teachers up 15% (20 to 23).
About BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, under ALBUQUERQUE. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 216 students. Elementary schools in New Mexico average about 287 students, which makes this school 25% below average.
ALBUQUERQUE counts 172 schools and 74,800 students, including BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY.
The student body at BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY is 67% Hispanic. The school is also 20% White, 6% multiracial, and 6% Native American. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 49%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 23 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.4:1. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.9:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%. The average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 90%.
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 68% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY would be expected to post about 33.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.9%.
In Bernalillo County, home to about 673,930 people, median household income comes to about $69,473, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 211 public schools in the county, enrolling about 85,724, BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY among them.
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is GRANT MIDDLE, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 19%, from 268 to 216. By 2024-25, the school had 9.4 students per teacher, compared with 12.2 in 2020-21.
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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
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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
- GRANT MIDDLE0.5 mi · 286
- JANET KAHN FINE ARTS ACADEMY0.7 mi · 389
- INEZ ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 309
- HAYES MIDDLE0.7 mi · 372
- ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 384
- JACKSON MIDDLE1.1 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARYHow large is BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY?
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 216 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY serve?
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 9.4:1 students per teacher at BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY?
BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 20% White, 67% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is BELLEHAVEN ELEMENTARY public or private?
BELLEHAVEN 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.