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How has COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEMING·NCES 350069000238
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY
7450 ALTURA RD. SE, COLUMBUS, NM 88029 · (575) 531-2710 · Luna County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
480 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within DEMING. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
14.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 14 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
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY this school | 483 | 99.4% | 23.0% |
| YUCCA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY CHAPPARAL | 439 | 100.0% | 31.7% |
| DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY SUNLAND PARK | 524 | 100.0% | 33.4% |
| VADO ELEMENTARY VADO | 415 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
| LOMA LINDA ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 398 | 100.0% | 40.6% |
| DESERT TRAIL ELEMENTARY CHAPARRAL | 479 | 100.0% | 40.2% |
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 COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Luna County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #284 of 329 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #245 of 354 | #4 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #365 of 366 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #57 of 490 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #230 of 318 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.5% | #321 of 334 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #262 of 393 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #128 of 287 | N/A |
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
483
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 483 | 32.9 | 14.7:1 | 99% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 32.5 | 15.0:1 | 100% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 36.4 | 13.6:1 | 100% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 100% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 36.6 | 17.4:1 | 100% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 100% (670) |
| 2010-11 | 609 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 100% (606) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 98% (446) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 16 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (638 to 483); teachers down 10% (36.6 to 32.9).
About COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in COLUMBUS, New Mexico. In all, 483 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 68% larger than the average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY is one school in DEMING, a system of 13 schools with 5,116 students.
Roughly 98% of students at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Other groups make up 2% White. County-wide, 67% of Luna County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY is 4%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY comes to 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.7:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico have an average ratio of 12.9:1. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Luna County average a similar 96%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY scores 23.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 33.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Luna County show that the median household earns about $36,419 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 24% of residents are in poverty. Across Luna County, 13 public schools serve about 5,116 students.
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY (about 28.5 miles). Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY is 5th on average proficiency.
Federal data place COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 483, starting from 480. The school's ratio increased from 12.0:1 to 14.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Luna County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,611
Census ACS
Median income
$36,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
24%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,116 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEMING
- DEMING HIGHHigh · 1,174 students
- RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLEMiddle · 746 students
- BATAAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 487 students
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARYElementary · 377 students
- DEMING INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 373 students
- RUBEN S. TORRES ELEMENTARYElementary · 363 students
Other Columbus Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Columbus Elementary. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY is the 5th largest of the 12.
- Columbus Elementary SchoolCOLUMBUS, TX · 798 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNEW ROCHELLE, NY · 728 students
- Columbus Elementary SchoolCARTERET, NJ · 642 students
- Columbus ElementaryGlendale, CA · 488 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTHORNWOOD, NY · 481 students
Nearby schools
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY28.5 mi · 377
- DEMING INTERMEDIATE28.6 mi · 373
- BATAAN ELEMENTARY28.9 mi · 487
- MIMBRES VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL28.9 mi · 66
- RED MOUNTAIN MIDDLE29.0 mi · 746
- DEMING HIGH29.0 mi · 1,174
Frequently asked questions
About COLUMBUS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY?
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY serve?
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY?
At COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 2% White, 98% Hispanic.
What district is COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY in?
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY is part of DEMING.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.