COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY hosts 362 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under ALBUQUERQUE. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 287.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Native American, 5% Black. Compared to Bernalillo County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 31.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate 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. COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

JACKSON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. COLLET PARK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has decreased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 386 (now 362). Over the same period, the White share declined from 35% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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