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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALAMOGORDO·NCES 350003000006
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY
750 ARNOLD, HOLLOMAN AFB, NM 88330 · (575) 812-6100 · Otero County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
17.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
517 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
69.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
50.3%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 28 points, placing it in New Mexico's top 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 HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY this school | 517 | 100.0% | 61.4% |
| BARRY ELEMENTARY CLOVIS | 357 | 91.9% | 41.5% |
| MESA ELEMENTARY CLOVIS | 389 | 88.9% | 50.9% |
| SANDIA BASE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 280 | 100.0% | 46.5% |
| SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY ALAMOGORDO | 436 | 100.0% | 37.5% |
| CORAL COMMUNITY CHARTER ALBUQUERQUE | 241 | 100.0% | 56.3% |
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 HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Otero County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #16 of 329 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #34 of 354 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #22 of 366 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #39 of 490 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #296 of 318 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #11 of 334 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #12 of 393 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #40 of 57 | 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
517
+88 (+21%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 713
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 517 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 100% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 29 | 17.9:1 | 20% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 27% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 27% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 307 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 40% (123) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 19% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 713 | 34 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (489 to 517); teachers up 4% (28 to 29).
About HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY is a high-enrollment elementary school in HOLLOMAN AFB, New Mexico, one of the schools in ALAMOGORDO. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 517 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Mexico is about 287, so this school runs 80% larger than that.
ALAMOGORDO has 5,227 students in 14 schools, and HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
Enrollment at HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY is mixed, with White students the largest group at 46%. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Otero County is about 54% White. The chance that two students picked at random at HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
The school has about 17.8 students per teacher and 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 100%.
allk12 grades HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY an A+. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New Mexico are predicted to post 33.4%, so the school is 28.0 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
Otero County has about 68,816 residents, and median household income is about $55,876, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Otero County number 26 and enroll about 7,639.
The closest public school to HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY is HOLLOMAN MIDDLE, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number at least 8. HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY comes in 1st of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 21%, from 429 to 517.
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Otero County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,816
Census ACS
Median income
$55,876
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,639 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALAMOGORDO
- ALAMOGORDO HIGHHigh · 1,440 students
- CHAPARRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 513 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLEMiddle · 479 students
- DESERT STAR ELEMENTARYElementary · 466 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARYElementary · 436 students
- SIERRA ELEMENTARYElementary · 284 students
Nearby schools
- HOLLOMAN MIDDLE0.2 mi · 173
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE8.4 mi · 479
- DESERT STAR ELEMENTARY8.5 mi · 466
- ALAMOGORDO HIGH8.5 mi · 1,440
- STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL8.7 mi · 114
- NORTH ELEMENTARY8.7 mi · 159
Frequently asked questions
About HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARYHow many students attend HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY?
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 517 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY serve?
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY is approximately 17.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY?
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 46% White, 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY?
HOLLOMAN ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALAMOGORDO in Otero County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.