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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL this year?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006001050
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL
2000 RANDOLPH RD. SE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87106 · (505) 255-0001 · Bernalillo County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest 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
12.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
315 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 46 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 13% smaller than its 8th grade class (46).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
56.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
25.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL this school | 419 | 75.2% | 38.8% |
| CHRISTINE DUNCAN HERITAGE ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE | 534 | 71.0% | 25.5% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 316 | 68.7% | 28.4% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 330 | 72.1% | 35.9% |
| EDISON ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 225 | 65.3% | 23.8% |
| SOUTHERN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 472 | 59.3% | 27.8% |
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 CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #111 of 329 | #30 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #170 of 354 | #40 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #70 of 366 | #22 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #105 of 490 | #26 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #138 of 318 | #62 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.0% | #258 of 334 | #79 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.2% | #347 of 393 | #94 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #281 of 287 | #88 of 88 |
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
419
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 419 | 33 | 12.7:1 | 75% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 419 | 35.4 | 11.8:1 | 81% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 422 | 31.7 | 13.3:1 | 86% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 77% (327) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | 55% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (423 to 419); teachers up 32% (25 to 33).
About CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL operates as a mid-sized elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. Enrollment stands at 419 students, covering kindergarten through 8. It has 46% more students than the average for elementary schools in New Mexico (about 287).
ALBUQUERQUE enrolls 74,800 students, and its 172 schools include CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL.
Roughly 87% of students at CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 10% White. County-wide, 49% of Bernalillo County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL reports a ratio of 12.7 students per teacher, from 33 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 CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL, 75% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL scores 38.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 39.4%.
Census data for Bernalillo County show median household income comes to about $69,473, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 211 public schools and about 85,724 students.
Among nearby public schools, MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.0 is closest at about 0.7 miles. CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 38.9% proficiency; CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL posts 38.8%.
For locale, NCES codes CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL as City: Large. CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL is run as a public charter school.
Federal data show 424 students in 2020-21 and 419 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.00.7 mi · 1,193
- LOWELL ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 226
- SOUTH VALLEY PREP1.0 mi · 138
- KIRTLAND ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 162
- ALBUQUERQUE INSTITUTE OF MATH & SCIENCE1.3 mi · 311
- EAST SAN JOSE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONALHow large is CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL?
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL serve?
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL is approximately 12.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL?
At CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL, the student body is approximately 10% White, 87% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL in?
CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
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