CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY

Set in CARRIZOZO, New Mexico, CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY is a rural-scale elementary-level community, overseen by CARRIZOZO. It serves 72 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 75% leaner than the state mean of about 287.

Within CARRIZOZO, which oversees 3 schools and 144 students, CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 46% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Lincoln County's rate of about 85%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lincoln County put the typical household earns roughly $53,303 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Lincoln County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,601 students), CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CARRIZOZO HIGH, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CARRIZOZO ELEMENTARY's enrollment has rose 22% since 2018, when it stood at 59 (now 72). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 54% to 49%.

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