CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL

CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL operates as an average-sized elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE. Current enrollment sits at 419 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 287.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL reports that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 10% White. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.8%.

Around the school, census data for Bernalillo County shows median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL is one.

MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.0 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. CIEN AGUAS INTERNATIONAL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 419). White enrollment moved from 43% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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