Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 188 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SILVER CITY·NCES 350243000561
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY
4042 HWY 90 SW, SILVER CITY, NM 88061 · (575) 956-2170 · Grant County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
13.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
337 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (55) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (57).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
40.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
22.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY this school | 337 | 100.0% | 39.0% |
| MORIARTY ELEMENTARY MORIARTY | 464 | 99.8% | 23.4% |
| EAST PICACHO ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 460 | 100.0% | 45.3% |
| YUCCA ELEMENTARY ARTESIA | 354 | 100.0% | 42.2% |
| WASHINGTON AVE ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 263 | 100.0% | 24.6% |
| RATON INTERMEDIATE RATON | 246 | 99.6% | 33.1% |
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 HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Grant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #108 of 329 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #192 of 354 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #195 of 366 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #190 of 490 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #178 of 318 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #155 of 334 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #196 of 393 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #98 of 287 | N/A |
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
337
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 337 | 25 | 13.5:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 333 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 53% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 27.5 | 12.4:1 | 100% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 100% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 100% (469) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 31 | 16.2:1 | 78% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 564 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 65% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 602 | 32 | 18.8:1 | 59% (356) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 25 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (469 to 337); teachers down 29% (35 to 25).
About HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in SILVER CITY, New Mexico. Grades offered run from 1 through 6, with 337 students enrolled.
SILVER CITY runs 9 schools with a combined 2,100 students. HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Roughly 70% of students at HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% White and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY's 25 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.5:1. That is close to the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%.
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of New Mexico public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY lands between the top and bottom 10% of New Mexico schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.0%; the prediction is 33.4%.
Among Grant County residents, the median household income is $44,958, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY, Grant County has 15 other public schools.
The shortest distance from HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 5 closest schools with test data, this one included, HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 337 students in 2024-25, 40 fewer than the 377 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.5:1 to 13.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,775
Census ACS
Median income
$44,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SILVER CITY
- SILVER HIGHHigh · 618 students
- G.W.STOUT ELEMENTARYElementary · 334 students
- LA PLATA MIDDLEMiddle · 259 students
- JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 199 students
- SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARYElementary · 123 students
- CLIFF HIGHHigh · 95 students
Other schools in SILVER CITY
- SILVER HIGHHigh · 618 students
- G.W.STOUT ELEMENTARYElementary · 334 students
- LA PLATA MIDDLEMiddle · 259 students
- ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTERHigh · 201 students
- JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 199 students
- SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARYElementary · 123 students
Nearby schools
- SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 123
- ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER1.8 mi · 201
- JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY2.2 mi · 199
- G.W.STOUT ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 334
- SILVER SCHOLARS ACADEMY3.3 mi · 43
- SILVER HIGH3.4 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARYHow many students attend HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY?
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 337 students in grades 01-06.
Is HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades 01-06.
How many teachers does HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY have?
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
How diverse is HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY?
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 26% White, 70% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
What district is HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY in?
HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARY is part of SILVER CITY.
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