GONZALES ELEMENTARY

Located at 851 WEST ALAMEDA, in SANTA FE, New Mexico, GONZALES ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized primary school that works with 328 students (grades K through 8), operated by SANTA FE.

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

In terms of who attends, GONZALES ELEMENTARY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 10% White, 2% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, GONZALES ELEMENTARY has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at GONZALES ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Santa Fe County's rate of about 84%.

After controlling for student poverty, GONZALES ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Fe County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,071, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Santa Fe County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), GONZALES ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. GONZALES ELEMENTARY's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 328).

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