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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GADSDEN·NCES 350108000659
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY
300 LISA DR, CHAPARRAL, NM 88021 · (575) 882-6203 · Doña Ana County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
437 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
36.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY this school | 437 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| MARYANN BINFORD ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 460 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| CARLOS REY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 446 | 99.6% | 27.1% |
| RAMIREZ THOMAS ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 417 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| SANTA TERESA ELEMENTARY SANTA TERESA | 484 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| LAVALAND ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 369 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Doña Ana County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #220 of 329 | #28 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #205 of 354 | #24 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #223 of 366 | #30 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #86 of 490 | #13 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #147 of 318 | #28 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.4% | #296 of 334 | #26 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #108 of 393 | #7 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #196 of 287 | #21 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
437
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 437 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 100% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 100% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 36.3 | 11.6:1 | 100% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 100% (427) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 51 | 10.0:1 | 100% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 100% (740) |
| 2010-11 | 757 | 49 | 15.4:1 | 100% (754) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 98% (696) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 39 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (511 to 437); teachers down 33% (51 to 34).
About CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY sits in CHAPARRAL, New Mexico, and is classified as an elementary school. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 437 students. That puts enrollment 52% bigger than the 287-student average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
GADSDEN is responsible for 26 schools, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY included, with 11,739 students in all.
Of every 100 students at CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, about 93 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 5% White. Census figures show Doña Ana County is about 68% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 13, compared with 70 nationally.
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY reports a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher, from 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, 100% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Doña Ana County is similar, at 98%.
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 27.6%, compared with a predicted 33.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the surrounding county, Doña Ana County, median household income comes to about $56,848, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The county has 81 public schools and about 36,561 students.
DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY is about 0.1 miles from CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment went from 427 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25, a change of 10 students.
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Doña Ana County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
224,266
Census ACS
Median income
$56,848
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
36,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GADSDEN
- GADSDEN HIGHHigh · 1,219 students
- SANTA TERESA HIGHHigh · 1,154 students
- CHAPARRAL HIGHHigh · 1,067 students
- GADSDEN MIDDLEMiddle · 650 students
- RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 550 students
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 546 students
Other schools in CHAPARRAL
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 546 students
- DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARYElementary · 479 students
- OTERO COUNTY PRISONHigh · 2 students
Other Chaparral Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 4 states are named Chaparral Elementary. CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is the 9th largest of the 12.
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 523 students
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYDEMING, NM · 377 students
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYSANTA FE, NM · 181 students
- Chaparral ElementaryPoway, CA · 858 students
- Chaparral Elementary SchoolGILBERT, AZ · 734 students
Nearby schools
- DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 479
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLE0.2 mi · 546
- CHAPARRAL ON-TRACK PREK CENTER1.5 mi · 160
- CHAPARRAL HIGH1.6 mi · 1,067
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 406
- YUCCA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY4.8 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY?
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-06.
Is CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY?
At CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian.
Is CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY public or private?
CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by GADSDEN.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.