ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY

Located at 4501 WILDFLOWER DR, in FARMINGTON, New Mexico, ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY is a roomy elementary-level community that caters to 469 students (grades K through 5), operated by FARMINGTON. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 63% above typical.

Within FARMINGTON, which oversees 20 schools and 10,745 students, ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Native American, 14% White, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -0.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Juan County) reports that median household income runs about $55,872, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Juan County's 62 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,309 students), ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MESA VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 29.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. ESPERANZA ELEMENTARY's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 644 (now 469). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.