Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000042
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY
3505 PENNSYLVANIA ST NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 · (505) 884-5275 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
323 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
48.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
31.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
325
-72 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 16.1:1
% White
30%
was 27%
% Hispanic
50%
was 52%
% Black
5%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About COMANCHE ELEMENTARY
As a medium-sized elementary-level community in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, COMANCHE ELEMENTARY enrolls 325 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE.
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is one of 171 schools operated by ALBUQUERQUE, a district that hosts 74,041 students overall.
On the student-mix side, COMANCHE ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 30% White, 9% Native American, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting COMANCHE ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at COMANCHE ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, COMANCHE 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 39.2%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bernalillo County indicate median household income runs about $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SANDIA HIGH, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COMANCHE ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 39.4%.
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.
Over the past 7-year window. COMANCHE ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 397 (now 325). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.
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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
- SANDIA HIGH0.5 mi · 1,618
- CLEVELAND MIDDLE0.6 mi · 474
- NEW MEXICO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL0.6 mi · 432
- MADISON MIDDLE1.0 mi · 532
- ZUNI ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 212
- GOV BENT ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About COMANCHE ELEMENTARYHow large is COMANCHE ELEMENTARY?
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 325 students in grades PK-05.
Is COMANCHE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at COMANCHE ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at COMANCHE ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at COMANCHE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at COMANCHE ELEMENTARY are roughly 30% White, 50% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is COMANCHE ELEMENTARY public or private?
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.