Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111030021
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY
RT 45 JONES RANCH RD, VANDERWAGEN, NM 87326 · (505) 721-1700 · McKinley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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
4.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
196 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 | 13 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
50%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
14.5%
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 15 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% 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 DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY this school | 232 | 84.5% | 27.0% |
| CHEE DODGE ELEMENTARY YAH TA HEY | 261 | 85.4% | 38.5% |
| RAMAH ELEMENTARY RAMAH | 223 | 87.9% | 17.3% |
| CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY CROWNPOINT | 281 | 84.7% | 27.6% |
| CATHERINE A. MILLER ELEMENTARY CHURCH ROCK | 317 | 87.4% | 23.8% |
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 256 | 87.1% | 27.8% |
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 DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #232 of 329 | #9 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #289 of 354 | #16 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #282 of 366 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #289 of 490 | #18 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 4.7:1 | #1 of 318 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #127 of 334 | #8 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #341 of 393 | #22 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #32 of 57 | #6 of 7 |
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
232
+50 (+27%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
4.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 232 | 49.8 | 4.7:1 | 84% (196) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 98% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 250 | 13 | 19.2:1 | 100% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | 100% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | 100% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 208 | 18 | 11.6:1 | 100% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 99% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 92% (256) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (213 to 232); teachers up 232% (15 to 49.8).
About DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in VANDERWAGEN, New Mexico, under GALLUP. It has an enrollment of 232 students in pre-K through 5.
GALLUP oversees DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY and 32 other schools, with 12,698 students in total.
The share of Native American students at DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is 68%, a majority. Other students are 19% Hispanic, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY are from different groups.
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY has 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1. At DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in McKinley County is similar, at 85%.
On the allk12 Grade, DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY lands at C-, ahead of 24% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY, the prediction is 37.1% and the result is 27.0%.
In the surrounding county, McKinley County, the median household earns about $47,668 a year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY, McKinley County has 53 public schools.
Bread Springs Day School sits about 4.1 miles from DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY. DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY has 2 other public schools within ten miles.
Its location is classified as Rural: Remote by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 182 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 232 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 4.7:1, from 13.0:1.
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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 VANDERWAGEN
- Chi Chil'tah Community SchoolElementary · 54 students
Nearby schools
- Bread Springs Day School4.1 mi · 61
- Chi Chil'tah Community School9.0 mi · 54
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLE13.3 mi · 634
- GALLUP HIGH13.4 mi · 796
- MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER - GALLUP13.6 mi · 153
- SIX DIRECTIONS INDIGENOUS SCHOOL13.7 mi · 58
Frequently asked questions
About DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARYHow large is DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY?
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 232 students in grades PK-05.
Is DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY have?
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 4.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY?
At DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 10% White, 19% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY in?
DAVID SKEET ELEMENTARY is part of GALLUP.
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