GEORGE I SANCHEZ

GEORGE I SANCHEZ is one of the roomy primary schools in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE, with 997 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 247% larger than the state mean of about 287.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; GEORGE I SANCHEZ is among them.

In terms of who attends, GEORGE I SANCHEZ records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic; the rest reads as 5% White, 3% Native American, 2% Black. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GEORGE I SANCHEZ has 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, GEORGE I SANCHEZ performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 22.5%, a residual of -10.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Bernalillo County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), GEORGE I SANCHEZ is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HS, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GEORGE I SANCHEZ ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GEORGE I SANCHEZ has declined 46%, going from 1,840 students in 2018 to 997 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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