Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111000300
CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY
#1 CODETALKER DR., CROWNPOINT, NM 87313 · (505) 721-1500 · McKinley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- CTest 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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
238 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 24 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
29.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 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
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY
CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY this school | 281 | 84.7% | 27.6% |
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 256 | 87.1% | 27.8% |
| NAVAJO ELEMENTARY NAVAJO | 310 | 88.4% | 19.5% |
| CHEE DODGE ELEMENTARY YAH TA HEY | 261 | 85.4% | 38.5% |
| DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY VANDERWAGEN | 232 | 84.5% | 27.0% |
| CATHERINE A. MILLER ELEMENTARY CHURCH ROCK | 317 | 87.4% | 23.8% |
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 CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #222 of 329 | #7 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #203 of 354 | #7 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #281 of 366 | #7 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #250 of 490 | #13 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #149 of 334 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #340 of 393 | #21 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.7% | #207 of 287 | #10 of 13 |
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
281
-43 (-13%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 420
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 | 281 | N/A | N/A | 85% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 264 | 18 | 14.7:1 | 99% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 100% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 100% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 24.1 | 13.4:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 379 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 100% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 18 | 14.7:1 | 99% (262) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 23 | 17.1:1 | 97% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 420 | 23 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY.
About CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY
CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY is an elementary school in CROWNPOINT, New Mexico, reachable at (505) 721-1500. A total of 281 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
GALLUP counts 12,698 students in its 33 schools, and CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Roughly 72% of students at CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY are Native American. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 45% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 85%. For comparison, public schools in McKinley County average 85%.
The allk12 Grade for CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY is C. Compared with New Mexico public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 26% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY is -9.5 points: 27.6% actual, 37.1% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for McKinley County show that the median household income is $47,668, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 28% of residents are in poverty. Besides CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY, McKinley County has 52 other public schools.
The school nearest to CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY is CROWNPOINT MIDDLE, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 3.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 13% from 2020-21, when CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY had 324 students, to 2024-25, when it had 281.
The CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
McKinley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,431
Census ACS
Median income
$47,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
16,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
- GALLUP MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Other schools in CROWNPOINT
- CROWNPOINT HIGHHigh · 279 students
- T'iis Ts'ozi Bi'Olta' Community SchoolElementary · 278 students
- CROWNPOINT MIDDLEMiddle · 226 students
- Mariano Lake Community SchoolElementary · 68 students
- Tse'ii'ahi' Community SchoolElementary · 62 students
- Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta' Inc.Elementary · 58 students
Nearby schools
- CROWNPOINT MIDDLE1.0 mi · 226
- CROWNPOINT HIGH1.0 mi · 279
- T'iis Ts'ozi Bi'Olta' Community School1.2 mi · 278
- Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta' Inc.11.0 mi · 58
- Mariano Lake Community School11.7 mi · 68
- Tse'ii'ahi' Community School14.5 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY?
CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY serve?
CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student diversity at CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY are roughly 7% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY in?
CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY is part of GALLUP.
What city is CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY in?
CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY is located in CROWNPOINT, NM.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.