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Enrollment
540
Elementary
DISTRICT 626 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO RANCHO·NCES 350001000750
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
1001 NIGHT SKY AVE NE, RIO RANCHO, NM 87144 · (505) 896-3378 · Sandoval County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
540 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 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
50%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
36.2%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
17.7%
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 18 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
25.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY's state test result (25.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY this school | 540 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIO RANCHO | 608 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 518 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
| RIO RANCHO ELEMENTARY RIO RANCHO | 486 | 100.0% | 33.2% |
| TUCUMCARI ELEMENTARY TUCUMCARI | 451 | 100.0% | 30.5% |
| PUESTA DEL SOL ELEMENTARY RIO RANCHO | 539 | 99.8% | 27.2% |
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 COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Sandoval County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #249 of 329 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.7% | #254 of 354 | #16 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #226 of 366 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #28 of 490 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #267 of 318 | #8 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #126 of 334 | #12 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #7 of 393 | #3 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #85 of 287 | #4 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
540
-92 (-15%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 540 | 33.9 | 15.9:1 | 100% (540) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 65% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 45.1 | 13.0:1 | 100% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 50% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 48.2 | 16.1:1 | 67% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 66% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 73% (504) |
| 2000-01 | 831 | 53 | 15.7:1 | 51% (420) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (774 to 540); teachers down 30% (48.2 to 33.9).
About COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico. In all, 540 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. The school is 88% above the average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
District-wide, RIO RANCHO has 20 schools and 16,461 students.
Hispanic students are 66% of those enrolled at COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY. Other reported shares: 24% White and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 40% Hispanic among all Sandoval County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
With 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 23% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Test results at COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY are 7.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (25.8% actual, 33.4% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sandoval County show that median household income comes to about $86,636, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Sandoval County counts 49 public schools with about 22,445 students.
CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY is about 1.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY at 5th of 5.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 92 students, from 632 to 540. Students per teacher increased from 13.2 in 2020-21 to 15.9 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
- CIELO AZUL ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 640
- EAGLE RIDGE MIDDLE2.6 mi · 732
- ERNEST STAPLETON ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 798
- SHINING STARS PRESCHOOL3.0 mi · 590
- LINCOLN MIDDLE3.3 mi · 805
- RIO RANCHO MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,024
Frequently asked questions
About COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 540 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY serve?
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 24% White, 66% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY in?
COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is part of RIO RANCHO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.