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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSWELL·NCES 350225000508
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
2701 NORTH GARDEN AVE, ROSWELL, NM 88201 · (575) 637-3325 · Chaves County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
518 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
48.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
30.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY this school | 518 | 100.0% | 37.6% |
| COLINAS DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY RIO RANCHO | 540 | 100.0% | 25.8% |
| TUCUMCARI ELEMENTARY TUCUMCARI | 451 | 100.0% | 30.5% |
| MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIO RANCHO | 608 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| VALENCIA ELEMENTARY PORTALES | 366 | 100.0% | 40.1% |
| RIO RANCHO ELEMENTARY RIO RANCHO | 486 | 100.0% | 33.2% |
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 Chaves County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #122 of 329 | #5 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #134 of 354 | #5 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #116 of 366 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #38 of 490 | #1 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #109 of 318 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #156 of 334 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #170 of 393 | #3 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #250 of 287 | #13 of 14 |
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
518
+40 (+8%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 518 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 100% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 33.2 | 15.5:1 | 100% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 31.2 | 16.3:1 | 100% (509) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 30 | 15.9:1 | 100% (478) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 31.9 | 17.2:1 | 100% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 604 | 31 | 19.5:1 | 100% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 502 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 56% (283) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 42% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 26 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (548 to 518); teachers up 35% (31.9 to 43).
About DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is a public large elementary school in ROSWELL, New Mexico. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 518 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Mexico is about 287, so this school runs 80% larger than that.
ROSWELL has a total of 22 schools and 9,184 students, DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY among them.
Roughly 70% of students at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% White and 2% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 58%. DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 43 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY was 12.1:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. For comparison, public schools in Chaves County average 100%.
The allk12 Grade for DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is B. Compared with New Mexico public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY, the prediction is 33.4% and the result is 37.6%.
In the county around the school, Chaves County, the median household income is $52,938, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 33 public schools in Chaves County, enrolling about 10,504 students in all.
The next-closest public school is GODDARD HIGH, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
Over 4 years, DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY's enrollment climbed 8%, to 518. The number of students per teacher fell from 15.9 to 12.1 over 4 years.
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Chaves County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,217
Census ACS
Median income
$52,938
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- BERRENDO MIDDLEMiddle · 571 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 426 students
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- BERRENDO MIDDLEMiddle · 571 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARYElementary · 426 students
Other Del Norte Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Del Norte Elementary. DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 4.
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYGALLUP, NM · 424 students
- Del Norte ElementaryOntario, CA · 428 students
- Del Norte Elementary SchoolDEL NORTE, CO · 187 students
Nearby schools
- GODDARD HIGH0.2 mi · 1,096
- MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 426
- BERRENDO ELEMENTARY2.0 mi · 327
- WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY2.4 mi · 263
- NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 190
- MESA MIDDLE2.9 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYHow large is DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 518 students in grades KG-05.
Is DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is approximately 12.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY?
At DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 27% White, 70% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY in?
DEL NORTE ELEMENTARY is part of ROSWELL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.