Enrollment
298
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000045
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY
900 ATLANTIC ST SW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87102 · (505) 764-2020 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- CBeats 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
9.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
295 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 19 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
36.9%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
19.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY's state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY this school | 298 | 99.0% | 26.8% |
| NORTH VALLEY ACADEMY LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE | 280 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
| AMY BIEHL COMMUNITY SCHOOL AT RANCHO VIEJO SANTA FE | 354 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY DEMING | 331 | 99.4% | 35.8% |
| RUBEN S. TORRES ELEMENTARY DEMING | 363 | 98.6% | 21.5% |
| R.M. SWEENEY ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 265 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
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 DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #235 of 329 | #60 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #236 of 354 | #57 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #215 of 366 | #50 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #236 of 490 | #64 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #18 of 318 | #9 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.5% | #252 of 334 | #77 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #272 of 393 | #83 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #126 of 287 | #50 of 88 |
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
298
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 298 | 32 | 9.3:1 | 99% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 31.6 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 100% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 27 | 10.6:1 | 100% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 100% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 100% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 466 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 99% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 396 | 37 | 10.7:1 | 99% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 572 | 33 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (394 to 298); teachers down 3% (33 to 32).
About DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY
The public elementary school DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY is located in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. It had 298 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY is run by ALBUQUERQUE, whose 172 schools enroll 74,800 students.
The share of students at DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY who are Hispanic is 87%. Enrollment also includes 10% White. Among people living in Bernalillo County, the Hispanic share is about 49%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
The school had 32 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 9 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY lands at C, ahead of 28% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY would be expected to post about 33.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 26.8%.
Looking at the county, Bernalillo County, median household income comes to about $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 85,724 students.
Measured in a straight line, CORONADO ELEMENTARY is about 0.4 miles from DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 30.7%, higher than DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY's 26.8%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 286 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 298 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 10.6:1 to 9.3:1.
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Nearby schools
- CORONADO ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 306
- SIEMBRA LEADERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 452
- AMY BIEHL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 196
- WASHINGTON MIDDLE0.7 mi · 248
- SCHOOL ON WHEELS HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 65
- EUGENE FIELD ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 113
Frequently asked questions
About DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARYHow many students attend DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 298 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY serve?
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY is approximately 9.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
At DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 10% White, 87% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
DOLORES GONZALES ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
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