CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY

CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, run under ALBUQUERQUE, enrolling 249 students in grades K through 5.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 22% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 106% of students at CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Bernalillo County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

The closest other public school is L.B. JOHNSON MIDDLE, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHAMIZA ELEMENTARY has declined 43%, going from 434 students in 2018 to 249 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 56% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.