BERRENDO ELEMENTARY

BERRENDO ELEMENTARY, an average-sized elementary campus in ROSWELL, New Mexico, overseen by ROSWELL, teaches 327 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 22 schools in ROSWELL (9,184 students total), BERRENDO ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, BERRENDO ELEMENTARY records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 42% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting BERRENDO ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, BERRENDO 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 37.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Chaves County put the typical household earns roughly $52,938 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. In all, Chaves County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,504 students), of which BERRENDO ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is BERRENDO MIDDLE, roughly 1.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BERRENDO ELEMENTARY ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 327 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 54% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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