GOV BENT ELEMENTARY

GOV BENT ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE, hosting 339 students in grades pre-K through 5.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; GOV BENT ELEMENTARY is among them.

Looking at the student body, GOV BENT ELEMENTARY lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 16% Native American, 15% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOV BENT ELEMENTARY is in the bottom 10% of New Mexico public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.5%; GOV BENT ELEMENTARY posts 16.7%, -16.9 points below that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. GOV BENT ELEMENTARY is one of 211 public schools in Bernalillo County (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students).

The closest other public school is DEL NORTE HIGH, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GOV BENT ELEMENTARY at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

GOV BENT ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOV BENT ELEMENTARY has edged down 17%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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