EDUCATION DEV CENTER

As a micro-enrollment K-12 campus in GALLUP, New Mexico, EDUCATION DEV CENTER hosts 5 students from grades pre-K through 12, part of GALLUP. That puts it 99% smaller than the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 498 students.

Across the 33 schools in GALLUP (12,698 students total), EDUCATION DEV CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EDUCATION DEV CENTER lists that 80% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. Other groups include 20% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EDUCATION DEV CENTER has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 0.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.3:1, putting EDUCATION DEV CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (McKinley County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $47,668 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 28%. In all, McKinley County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students), of which EDUCATION DEV CENTER is one.

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

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