Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE·NCES 350237000543
GONZALES ELEMENTARY
851 WEST ALAMEDA, SANTA FE, NM 87501 · (505) 467-3100 · Santa Fe County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
328 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 40 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (40).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
18.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 →
Schools most like GONZALES ELEMENTARY
GONZALES ELEMENTARY's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONZALES ELEMENTARY this school | 328 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 311 | 100.0% | 46.8% |
| RUBEN S. TORRES ELEMENTARY DEMING | 363 | 98.6% | 21.5% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY DEMING | 331 | 99.4% | 35.8% |
| FAIRACRES ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 405 | 99.8% | 25.4% |
| G.W.STOUT ELEMENTARY SILVER CITY | 334 | 99.7% | 37.5% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where GONZALES ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Santa Fe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #146 of 329 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #246 of 354 | #13 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #180 of 366 | #11 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #203 of 490 | #10 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #132 of 318 | #5 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #237 of 334 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #186 of 393 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #138 of 287 | #10 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
328
-61 (-16%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 328 | 26.1 | 12.6:1 | 100% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 25.9 | 11.8:1 | 99% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 25.9 | 12.3:1 | 100% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 57% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 32.6 | 13.1:1 | 65% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 64% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 60% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 55% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 25 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GONZALES ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (426 to 328); teachers down 20% (32.6 to 26.1).
About GONZALES ELEMENTARY
GONZALES ELEMENTARY is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in SANTA FE, New Mexico. School enrollment was 328 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 8.
SANTA FE enrolls 11,182 students, and its 29 schools include GONZALES ELEMENTARY.
The student body at GONZALES ELEMENTARY is 84% Hispanic. Other groups make up 10% White and 2% Native American. County-wide, 48% of Santa Fe County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 28%, meaning two students picked at random have a 28% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at GONZALES ELEMENTARY is 26.1 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 12.6:1. That is close to the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Around 100% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 84% average for public schools in Santa Fe County.
The allk12 Grade for GONZALES ELEMENTARY is B-. Compared with New Mexico public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
GONZALES ELEMENTARY's average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.0% is 2.6 points above the 33.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Santa Fe County, the median household income is $79,071, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Santa Fe County is home to 53 public schools and about 20,719 public school students.
The nearest public school is ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Under the NCES locale system, GONZALES ELEMENTARY is City: Small.
Enrollment is down 16% from 2020-21, when GONZALES ELEMENTARY had 389 students, to 2024-25, when it had 328. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.9:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- PINON ELEMENTARYElementary · 513 students
- EL DORADO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 1,487 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- Santa Fe Indian SchoolHigh · 701 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
Other Gonzales Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Gonzales Elementary. GONZALES ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Gonzales Elementary SchoolGONZALES, TX · 500 students
- Gonzales Elementary SchoolODESSA, TX · 424 students
Nearby schools
- ASPEN COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 285
- NM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.6 mi · 338
- CARLOS GILBERT ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 317
- NM SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF0.8 mi · 145
- WOOD-GORMLEY ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 298
- MANDELA INTERNATIONAL MAGNET (MIMS)1.3 mi · 290
Frequently asked questions
About GONZALES ELEMENTARYHow large is GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
GONZALES ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-08.
Is GONZALES ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
GONZALES ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at GONZALES ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
GONZALES ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 10% White, 84% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees GONZALES ELEMENTARY?
GONZALES ELEMENTARY is overseen by SANTA FE in Santa Fe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.