BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY

As an average-sized junior high in BERNALILLO, New Mexico, BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY enrolls 364 students from grades 4 through 6, overseen by BERNALILLO.

Across the 11 schools in BERNALILLO (2,761 students total), BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 39% Native American, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.5:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.4%; actual is 18.9%, a gap of -14.5 points.

Around the school, Sandoval County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,636, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Sandoval County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,445 students), BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SPARTAN LEARNING ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. BERNALILLO ELEMENTARY's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 419 (now 364). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 67% to 54%.

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