Enrollment
294
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111000305
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY
3604 CINIZA DR, GALLUP, NM 87301 · (505) 721-2900 · McKinley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL294 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 5.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
257 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
41.0%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
21.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY's state test result (32.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY this school | 294 | 87.4% | 32.1% |
| STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 340 | 90.6% | 21.2% |
| TOHATCHI ELEMENTARY TOHATCHI | 246 | 91.5% | 26.3% |
| CUBERO ELEMENTARY CUBERO | 197 | 87.3% | 41.5% |
| TWIN LAKES ELEMENTARY GALLUP | 256 | 87.1% | 27.8% |
| CROWNPOINT ELEMENTARY CROWNPOINT | 281 | 84.7% | 27.6% |
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 INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #179 of 329 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #211 of 354 | #8 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #187 of 366 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 294 | #241 of 490 | #12 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #58 of 334 | #2 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #332 of 393 | #17 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #280 of 287 | #12 of 13 |
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
294
+8 (+3%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 409
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 | 294 | N/A | N/A | 87% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 278 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 96% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 302 | 17.5 | 17.3:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 21 | 13.6:1 | 100% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 100% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 20 | 14.8:1 | 100% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 72% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 28 | 13.9:1 | 71% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 22 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY.
About INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY
A medium-sized elementary school in GALLUP, New Mexico, INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY is part of GALLUP. It serves 294 students in pre-K through 5.
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY falls under GALLUP, which has 33 schools enrolling 12,698 students.
Roughly 55% of students at INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY are Native American. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 9% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 87%. For comparison, public schools in McKinley County average 85%.
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of New Mexico public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY is 4.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 32.1%. Predicted: 36.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for McKinley County show that the median household income is $47,668, about 13% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 28%. Besides INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY, McKinley County has 52 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE, is about 1.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY places 4th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY in a town far from an urbanized area (Town: Remote).
Enrollment grew 3% from its 2020-21 level of 286.
Community posts for INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
McKinley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,431
Census ACS
Median income
$47,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
16,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
- GALLUP MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- HOZHO ACADEMYCombined · 781 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEMiddle · 648 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
Other Indian Hills Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Indian Hills Elementary. INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY is the 8th largest of the 8.
- Indian Hills Elementary SchoolHopkinsville, KY · 674 students
- INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 497 students
- Indian Hills ElementaryJurupa Valley, CA · 457 students
- Indian Hills Elementary SchoolWASHINGTON, MI · 456 students
- Indian Hills ElementaryTopeka, KS · 440 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE1.9 mi · 648
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,237
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 460
- EDUCATION DEV CENTER2.9 mi · 5
- RED ROCK ELEMENTARY2.9 mi · 311
- MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER - GALLUP3.2 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARYHow large is INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY?
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 294 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY serve?
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How diverse is INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY?
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 9% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY?
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY is overseen by GALLUP in McKinley County.
What county does INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY serve?
INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY serves McKinley County in NM.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.