Enrollment
138
Elementary
DISTRICT 269 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLOOMFIELD·NCES 350024000155
BLANCO ELEMENTARY
7313 US HWY 64, BLOOMFIELD, NM 87413 · (505) 634-3900 · San Juan County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL138 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.6:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
138 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 20 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 36 | 26% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
BLANCO ELEMENTARY→MESA ALTA JR HIGH
Based on grade levels within BLOOMFIELD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
28.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 BLANCO ELEMENTARY
BLANCO ELEMENTARY's state test result (36.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCO ELEMENTARY this school | 138 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| PLACITAS ELEMENTARY BERNALILLO | 112 | 100.0% | 65.9% |
| MESD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER MORIARTY | 116 | 100.0% | N/A |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ARTESIA | 149 | 100.0% | 63.4% |
| SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY SILVER CITY | 123 | 100.0% | N/A |
| MAGDALENA ELEMENTARY MAGDALENA | 128 | 100.0% | 41.0% |
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 BLANCO ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In San Juan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #144 of 329 | #5 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #151 of 354 | #6 of 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #148 of 366 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 138 | #385 of 490 | #27 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #78 of 393 | #4 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.3% | #73 of 287 | #4 of 25 |
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
138
-35 (-20%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 172
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 138 | 13 | 10.6:1 | 100% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 140 | 13 | 10.8:1 | 100% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 161 | 14 | 11.5:1 | 100% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 173 | 14 | 12.4:1 | 100% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 210 | 16.6 | 12.6:1 | 100% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 17 | 15.4:1 | 73% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 71% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 87% (234) |
| 1990-91 | 172 | 10 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLANCO ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (210 to 138); teachers down 22% (16.6 to 13).
About BLANCO ELEMENTARY
BLOOMFIELD, New Mexico, is home to BLANCO ELEMENTARY, a small elementary school. The grade span is 1 through 6, and enrollment is 138 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Mexico is about 287, so this school runs 52% smaller than that.
A total of 7 schools make up BLOOMFIELD, with 2,387 students enrolled.
BLANCO ELEMENTARY is 59% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 31% White, 6% Native American, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Juan County's population at about 20%. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at BLANCO ELEMENTARY total 13 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The school counts 138 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. For comparison, public schools in San Juan County average 99%.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, BLANCO ELEMENTARY receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with BLANCO ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in New Mexico is predicted to score 33.4%. BLANCO ELEMENTARY scores 36.2%, 2.8 points above that line.
Census Bureau estimates for San Juan County show that the median household income is $55,872, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 18%. There are 62 public schools in San Juan County, enrolling about 21,309 students in all.
The next-closest public school is BLOOMFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, about 7.7 miles away. BLANCO ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within ten miles. BLANCO ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 36.2% against a local average of 35.8%.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment dropped 20% from its 2020-21 level of 173. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.4:1 to 10.6:1 over the same years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
San Juan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,942
Census ACS
Median income
$55,872
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
21,309 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BLOOMFIELD
- BLOOMFIELD HIGHHigh · 764 students
- CENTRAL PRIMARYElementary · 433 students
- NAABA ANI ELEMENTARYMiddle · 405 students
- MESA ALTA JR HIGHMiddle · 316 students
- BLOOMFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 236 students
- CHARLIE Y. BROWN ALTHigh · 95 students
Other schools in BLOOMFIELD
- BLOOMFIELD HIGHHigh · 764 students
- CENTRAL PRIMARYElementary · 433 students
- NAABA ANI ELEMENTARYMiddle · 405 students
- MESA ALTA JR HIGHMiddle · 316 students
- BLOOMFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 236 students
- Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Community SchoolElementary · 143 students
Other Blanco Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Blanco Elementary. BLANCO ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Blanco Elementary SchoolBLANCO, TX · 480 students
Nearby schools
- BLOOMFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER7.7 mi · 236
- BLOOMFIELD HIGH8.0 mi · 764
- NAABA ANI ELEMENTARY8.3 mi · 405
- CENTRAL PRIMARY8.3 mi · 433
- CHARLIE Y. BROWN ALT8.5 mi · 95
- MESA ALTA JR HIGH9.5 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About BLANCO ELEMENTARYHow many students attend BLANCO ELEMENTARY?
BLANCO ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 138 students in grades 01-06.
Is BLANCO ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
BLANCO ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades 01-06.
How many students per teacher at BLANCO ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at BLANCO ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is BLANCO ELEMENTARY?
BLANCO ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 31% White, 59% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
What district is BLANCO ELEMENTARY in?
BLANCO ELEMENTARY is part of BLOOMFIELD.
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