CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY

CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY is a tiny elementary school in CHIMAYO, New Mexico, overseen by ESPANOLA. The school enrolls 112 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 61% below the state mean of about 287.

ESPANOLA comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 1,876 students; CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). The remainder breaks down as 5% Native American. By comparison, Rio Arriba County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 41.6%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Across the wider county, Rio Arriba County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,155, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Rio Arriba County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,127 students), of which CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY is one.

TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 22.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 130 (now 112). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the CHIMAYO ELEMENTARY community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.