Bread Springs Day School

Bread Springs Day School operates as a rural-scale elementary school in Gallup, New Mexico, overseen by Bread Springs Day School. Current enrollment sits at 61 students spanning grades K through 3. That puts it 79% smaller than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Operationally, Bread Springs Day School answers to Bread Springs Day School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Bread Springs Day School logs that 100% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Bread Springs Day School has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Bread Springs Day School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McKinley County (around 85%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Across the wider county, census data for McKinley County shows the typical household earns roughly $47,668 per year, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McKinley County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), of which Bread Springs Day School is one.

DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Bread Springs Day School's enrollment has edged down 53% since 2018, when it stood at 130 (now 61).

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