DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY

DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is a K-5 school of intimate scale in VANDERWAGEN, New Mexico, one of the schools within GALLUP, enrolling 232 students in grades pre-K through 5.

DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is one of 33 schools operated by GALLUP, a district that teaches 12,698 students overall.

Looking at the student body, DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Native American. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.1%, the actual is 27.0%, a residual of -10.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, McKinley County reports that median household earnings sit near $47,668, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is one of 53 public schools in McKinley County (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students).

Bread Springs Day School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 9%: 213 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 2% to 19% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 4.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.