FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY

FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY is one of the small elementary campuss in SANTA FE, New Mexico, operated by SANTA FE, with 163 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY sits 43% below that benchmark.

Across the 29 schools in SANTA FE (11,182 students total), FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY shows that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 15% White, 3% Native American. By comparison, Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Santa Fe County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.7%.

In the area at large, census data for Santa Fe County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,071 per year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY is one of 53 public schools in Santa Fe County (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students).

SANTA FE HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 30.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY has shrank 27%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 163 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 71% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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