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What's the one class at EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY every student should take?
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Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000647
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY
6700 PALOMAS NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109 · (505) 821-0185 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
12.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
342 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 16 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (47) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
53%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
39.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
17.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY this school | 343 | 99.7% | 25.5% |
| DESERT HILLS ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 502 | 100.0% | 60.1% |
| INEZ ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 309 | 100.0% | 29.3% |
| NYE EARLY CHILDHOOD SANTA FE | 212 | 100.0% | N/A |
| MARTIN KING JR ELEMENTARY RIO RANCHO | 569 | 100.0% | 41.8% |
| PINON ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 513 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
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 EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #258 of 329 | #65 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #260 of 354 | #60 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #201 of 366 | #46 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #178 of 490 | #44 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #124 of 318 | #59 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #110 of 334 | #45 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #222 of 393 | #48 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #121 of 287 | #48 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
343
-43 (-11%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 693
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 343 | 27.5 | 12.5:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 28.5 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 100% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 29.4 | 15.5:1 | 100% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 100% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 70% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 52% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 693 | 34 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (457 to 343); teachers down 6% (29.4 to 27.5).
About EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school for students in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. Enrollment is 343 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
ALBUQUERQUE is the district for EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY. It has 172 schools and 74,800 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY, with 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% White, 8% Native American, 5% Asian, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 49% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 100%. The 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County is 10 points lower.
Measured against New Mexico public elementary schools, EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.5% and a predicted 33.5%.
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY is located in Bernalillo County, where the median household income is $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY is CORRALES INTERNATIONAL, about 0.8 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 25.5% is below the 54.6% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 343, an 11% decrease from 386 in 2020-21. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 12.5:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
- CORRALES INTERNATIONAL0.8 mi · 232
- COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP1.1 mi · 852
- COTTONWOOD CLASSICAL PREP1.1 mi · 759
- EXPLORE ACADEMY1.1 mi · 1,413
- LA CUEVA HIGH1.3 mi · 1,826
- DENNIS CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARYHow large is EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY?
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY serve?
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY?
At EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 17% White, 66% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY public or private?
EDMUND G ROSS ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.