GARFIELD ELEMENTARY

GARFIELD ELEMENTARY is an one-room-style elementary campus in GARFIELD, New Mexico, overseen by HATCH VALLEY. The school educates 96 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 67% below the state mean of about 287.

HATCH VALLEY runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,146 students. GARFIELD ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GARFIELD ELEMENTARY logs that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% White. By comparison, Doñan Ana County as a whole is about 68% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, Doñan Ana County reports that median household income runs about $56,848, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Doñan Ana County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,561 students), of which GARFIELD ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is ARREY ELEMENTARY, roughly 7.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 100 students in 2018 compared to 96 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 0% to 6% over that span.

On this page, members of the GARFIELD ELEMENTARY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.