CUBERO ELEMENTARY

As a close-knit elementary-level community in CUBERO, New Mexico, CUBERO ELEMENTARY serves 197 students from grades K through 6, overseen by GRANTS. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 287.

Within GRANTS, which oversees 12 schools and 3,056 students, CUBERO ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CUBERO ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (82%). Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at CUBERO ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CUBERO ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Cibola County put median household income runs about $50,759, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 26%. In all, Cibola County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,854 students), of which CUBERO ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is LAGUNA-ACOMA HIGH, roughly 5.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

CUBERO ELEMENTARY operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CUBERO ELEMENTARY has ticked down 29%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 197 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 10% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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