HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY

HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY is an expansive K-5 school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE. The school caters to 445 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 55% larger than the state mean of about 287.

ALBUQUERQUE runs 171 schools in total, collectively educating 74,041 students. HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY lists that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% White, 5% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 49% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,473, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY is one campus in the mix.

EDWARD GONZALES ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 600 (now 445). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 90% to 84%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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