Enrollment
339
Elementary
DISTRICT 136 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ESPANOLA·NCES 350090000270
EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY
1000 ZUNI LN, ESPANOLA, NM 87532 · (505) 753-2391 · Rio Arriba County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
325 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within ESPANOLA. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
17.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 28 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
339
-88 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 16.0:1
% White
1%
was 8%
% Hispanic
95%
was 89%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY
EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY is a mid-tier primary school in ESPANOLA, New Mexico, one of the schools within ESPANOLA. The school educates 339 students in grades pre-K through 6.
ESPANOLA comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 1,876 students; EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY is among them.
Looking at the student body, EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY reports that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 96% of students at EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.4%, the actual is 24.4%, a residual of -10.0 points.
Around the school, census data for Rio Arriba County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,155 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Rio Arriba County's 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,127 students), EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.4%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 427 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 89% to 95% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.
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Rio Arriba County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,070
Census ACS
Median income
$57,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
3,127 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ESPANOLA
- CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLEMiddle · 379 students
- JAMES RODRIGUEZ ELEMENTARYElementary · 233 students
- TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARYElementary · 208 students
- ALCALDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 151 students
- SAN JUAN ELEMENTARYElementary · 141 students
- CHIMAYO ELEMENTARYElementary · 112 students
Other schools in ESPANOLA
- MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 557 students
- CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLEMiddle · 379 students
- JAMES RODRIGUEZ ELEMENTARYElementary · 233 students
- TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARYElementary · 208 students
- ALCALDE ELEMENTARYElementary · 151 students
- Kha'p'o Community SchoolElementary · 98 students
Nearby schools
- MCCURDY CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 557
- JAMES RODRIGUEZ ELEMENTARY1.8 mi · 233
- LOS NINOS ELEMENTARY1.9 mi · 71
- TONY QUINTANA ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 208
- CARLOS F. VIGIL MIDDLE2.3 mi · 379
- Kha'p'o Community School2.9 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARYHow large is EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY?
EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY serve?
EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY is approximately 13.0:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY are roughly 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY in?
EUTIMIO SALAZAR ELEMENTARY is part of ESPANOLA.
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