DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY
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Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% 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.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY
Set in LAS VEGAS, New Mexico, DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY is a compact elementary campus, run under WEST LAS VEGAS. It instructs 189 students across grades 2 through 3. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 34% leaner than typical.
WEST LAS VEGAS runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 1,601 students. DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.
Demographically, DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). The remainder reads as 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 75% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.4%; actual is 17.3%, a gap of -16.1 points.
Around the school, San Miguel County reports that median household income runs about $49,431, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, San Miguel County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,156 students), of which DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY is one.
The closest other public school is TONY SERNA JR. ELEMENTARY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.7%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Looking at the recent track record. DON CECILIO MARTINEZ ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 194 (now 189).
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
San Miguel County at a glance
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