BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY

BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY is a moderately sized elementary school in FARMINGTON, New Mexico, overseen by FARMINGTON. The school instructs 355 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 24% larger than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

FARMINGTON comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 10,745 students; BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 36% Native American, 17% White, 10% multiracial. By comparison, San Juan County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, BLUFFVIEW 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 23.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Juan County indicate median household income runs about $55,872, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across San Juan County's 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,309 students), BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

MCCORMICK ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.5%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. BLUFFVIEW ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 355). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.