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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 626 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO RANCHO·NCES 350001001034
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY
3804 SHILOH RD NE, RIO RANCHO, NM 87144 · (505) 338-2320 · Sandoval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
640 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 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
42.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
26.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY this school | 640 | 100.0% | 33.3% |
| PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 498 | 99.8% | 43.0% |
| TIERRA ANTIGUA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 696 | 99.9% | 37.3% |
| HILLRISE ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 421 | 100.0% | 43.9% |
| MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 426 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| SEVEN BAR ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 455 | 99.8% | 34.7% |
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 CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Sandoval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #168 of 329 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #158 of 354 | #12 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #168 of 366 | #13 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #14 of 490 | #5 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #284 of 318 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #65 of 334 | #4 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 393 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #160 of 287 | #8 of 12 |
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
640
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 882
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 640 | 38.2 | 16.7:1 | 100% (640) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 32.5 | 19.9:1 | 44% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 49.1 | 14.2:1 | 18% (129) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 37% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 53.4 | 14.9:1 | 47% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 840 | 52 | 16.1:1 | 50% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 882 | 56 | 15.8:1 | 50% (440) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (794 to 640); teachers down 28% (53.4 to 38.2).
About CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY
In RIO RANCHO, New Mexico, part of Sandoval County, CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is an elementary school. Enrolled students number 640 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New Mexico average about 287 students each.
RIO RANCHO is the district for CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY. It has 20 schools and 16,461 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY, at 58%. The next largest groups are 24% White, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American, and 3% Black. In Sandoval County overall, about 40% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.7:1, with 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.8 students per teacher above the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is B-. Compared with New Mexico public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.3% and a predicted 33.4%.
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is located in Sandoval County, where the median household income is $86,636, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is one of 49 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY, about 1.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
The school's size has been steady, with 643 students in 2020-21 and 640 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 12.9 in 2020-21 to 16.7 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sandoval County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
153,604
Census ACS
Median income
$86,636
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
22,445 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIO RANCHO
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- RIO RANCHO HIGHHigh · 2,568 students
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,024 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 931 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLEMiddle · 805 students
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARYElementary · 798 students
Other schools in RIO RANCHO
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
- RIO RANCHO HIGHHigh · 2,568 students
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,024 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 931 students
- LINCOLN MIDDLEMiddle · 805 students
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARYElementary · 798 students
Nearby schools
- COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 540
- SHINING STARS PRESCHOOL3.0 mi · 590
- EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE3.4 mi · 732
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARY3.6 mi · 798
- CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 2,596
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,024
Frequently asked questions
About CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARYHow large is CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY?
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 640 students in grades KG-05.
Is CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is approximately 16.7:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY?
At CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 24% White, 58% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY?
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is overseen by RIO RANCHO in Sandoval County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.