Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSWELL·NCES 350225000509
EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY
3773 EAST GRAND PLAINS, ROSWELL, NM 88203 · (575) 637-3350 · Chaves County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
6.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
201 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 20 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
39%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
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NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
42.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
20.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
36.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 →
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EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY's state test result (36.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY this school | 201 | 100.0% | 36.6% |
| WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 263 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| RATON INTERMEDIATE RATON | 246 | 99.6% | 33.1% |
| UPPER ELEMENTARY ESTANCIA | 179 | 100.0% | 36.5% |
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY ARTESIA | 149 | 100.0% | 63.4% |
| ALVARADO ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 258 | 100.0% | 49.5% |
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 EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Chaves County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.6% | #139 of 329 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #221 of 354 | #13 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #170 of 366 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #332 of 490 | #14 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 6.8:1 | #5 of 318 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #182 of 334 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #171 of 393 | #4 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.4% | #51 of 287 | #2 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
201
-10 (-5%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 201 | 29.5 | 6.8:1 | 100% (201) |
| 2023-24 | 188 | 16.8 | 11.2:1 | 100% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 217 | 15.7 | 13.9:1 | 100% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 211 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 100% (211) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 19.3 | 16.7:1 | 100% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 294 | 19 | 15.5:1 | 100% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 271 | 15 | 18.1:1 | 99% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 81% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 20 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 37% (321 to 201); teachers up 53% (19.3 to 29.5).
About EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY
As a small elementary school, EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY serves students in ROSWELL, New Mexico. Total enrollment is 201 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 30% below the average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY reports to ROSWELL, which has 22 schools and 9,184 students.
Of every 100 students at EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY, about 75 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 24% White. Among all residents of Chaves County, the Hispanic share is about 58%. The diversity index for EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 6.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 12.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Chaves County average a similar 100%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.4% at EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 36.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Chaves County show that the median household earns about $52,938 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 20% of residents are in poverty. Across Chaves County, 33 public schools serve about 10,504 students.
EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY is about 4.6 miles from MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE, its nearest public school. EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 36.6% against a local average of 38.9%.
For locale, NCES codes EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 10 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 6.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
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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
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
Other schools in ROSWELL
- ROSWELL HIGHHigh · 1,437 students
- GODDARD HIGHHigh · 1,096 students
- BERRENDO MIDDLEMiddle · 571 students
- SIERRA MIDDLEMiddle · 557 students
- DEL NORTE ELEMENTARYElementary · 518 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 481 students
Nearby schools
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE4.6 mi · 481
- SIDNEY GUTIERREZ MIDDLE5.0 mi · 196
- PECOS ELEMENTARY5.0 mi · 255
- MESA MIDDLE5.0 mi · 350
- NANCY LOPEZ ELEMENTARY5.2 mi · 190
- UNIVERSITY HIGH5.3 mi · 167
Frequently asked questions
About EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY?
EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 201 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY serve?
EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 6.8:1 students per teacher at EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY?
EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 24% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY in?
EAST GRAND PLAINS ELEMENTARY is part of ROSWELL.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.