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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111001137
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
700 WEST WILSON, GALLUP, NM 87301 · (505) 721-5200 · McKinley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
89%
378 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
55%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
29.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
17.8%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY this school | 424 | 89.2% | 21.6% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 460 | 89.6% | 37.2% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 414 | 88.4% | 28.1% |
| THOREAU ELEMENTARY THOREAU | 359 | 90.0% | 22.3% |
| TOBE TURPEN ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 397 | 90.2% | 27.0% |
| STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 340 | 90.6% | 21.2% |
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 DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #297 of 329 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #251 of 354 | #9 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #284 of 366 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #101 of 490 | #3 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #100 of 334 | #5 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #327 of 393 | #13 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #226 of 287 | #11 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
424
-40 (-9%) vs 2020
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 | 424 | N/A | N/A | 89% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 25.6 | 17.1:1 | 97% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 27.5 | 17.4:1 | 100% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 100% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 472 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 100% (472) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY.
About DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY sits in GALLUP, New Mexico, and is classified as an elementary school. It enrolls 424 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That is 48% larger than the average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY reports to GALLUP, which has 33 schools and 12,698 students.
At DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY, 61% of students are Native American. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY scores 55%.
Roughly 89% of students at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 7% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
A school in New Mexico with DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 36.0%. DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY scores 21.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for McKinley County show that median household income comes to about $47,668, roughly 13% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 28%. The county's public schools total 53, with about 16,807 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, LINCOLN ELEMENTARY, is about 0.7 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 32.4%; DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY's is 21.6%, ranking 5th of 6.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 464 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 424 by 2024-25.
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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 GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- HOZHO ACADEMYCombined · 781 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
Other Del Norte Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Del Norte Elementary. DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYROSWELL, NM · 518 students
- Del Norte ElementaryOntario, CA · 428 students
- Del Norte Elementary SchoolDEL NORTE, CO · 187 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 414
- HOZHO ACADEMY1.0 mi · 781
- GALLUP MIDDLE1.3 mi · 480
- EDUCATION DEV CENTER1.4 mi · 5
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVE1.5 mi · 1,244
- STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY1.7 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYHow large is DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY serve?
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student diversity at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY are roughly 6% White, 28% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY public or private?
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by GALLUP.
What county does DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY serve?
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY serves McKinley County in NM.
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