CENTRAL ELEMENTARY

CENTRAL ELEMENTARY, a compact K-5 school in SANTA CLARA, New Mexico, operated by COBRE, caters to 133 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so CENTRAL ELEMENTARY sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is one of 6 schools operated by COBRE, a district that serves 939 students overall.

Demographically, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY shows that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 5% White. By comparison, Grant County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting CENTRAL ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Grant County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $44,958 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Grant County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), CENTRAL ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: COBRE HIGH, around 1.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 51%: 272 students in 2018 compared to 133 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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