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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
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 →
Schools most like COMANCHE ELEMENTARY
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMANCHE ELEMENTARY this school | 325 | 99.4% | 39.2% |
| SIERRA ELEMENTARY ALAMOGORDO | 284 | 99.6% | 53.3% |
| MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 302 | 99.0% | 25.8% |
| DESERT STAR ELEMENTARY ALAMOGORDO | 466 | 100.0% | 29.5% |
| CORAL COMMUNITY CHARTER ALBUQUERQUE | 241 | 100.0% | 56.3% |
| SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY ALAMOGORDO | 436 | 100.0% | 37.5% |
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 COMANCHE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #107 of 329 | #29 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #124 of 354 | #33 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #114 of 366 | #34 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #205 of 490 | #52 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #62 of 318 | #29 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #31 of 334 | #13 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #261 of 393 | #75 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #169 of 287 | #66 of 88 |
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
325
+17 (+6%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 325 | 29.3 | 11.1:1 | 99% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 25.5 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 322 | 25 | 12.9:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 100% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 397 | 24.6 | 16.1:1 | 62% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 63% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | 53% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 33% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 25 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COMANCHE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (397 to 325); teachers up 19% (24.6 to 29.3).
About COMANCHE ELEMENTARY
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The student body numbers 325 students, from pre-K through 5.
COMANCHE ELEMENTARY sits within ALBUQUERQUE, which has 172 schools and 74,800 students.
Enrollment at COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 50%. The school is also 30% White, 9% Native American, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, Bernalillo County is about 49% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at COMANCHE ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
The school reports 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.1 students per teacher. The 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. The 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 9 points lower.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For COMANCHE ELEMENTARY, the prediction is 33.5% and the result is 39.2%.
Among Bernalillo County residents, median household income is about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 211 public schools in Bernalillo County, with a combined enrollment of about 85,724.
The closest other public school is SANDIA HIGH, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is behind the 39.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 6%, from 308 to 325. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.8:1 in 2020-21, and 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other Comanche Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Comanche Elementary. COMANCHE ELEMENTARY is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Comanche Elementary SchoolCOMANCHE, TX · 658 students
- Comanche Elementary SchoolComanche, OK · 439 students
- Comanche ElemOverland Park, KS · 369 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.