Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLOVIS·NCES 350057000210
JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY
500 WEST 14TH ST, CLOVIS, NM 88101 · (575) 769-4300 · Curry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
225 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
24.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
12.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY
JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY this school | 305 | 73.8% | 21.6% |
| ALBUQUERQUE COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 221 | 71.5% | 46.8% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY CLOVIS | 268 | 79.9% | 27.1% |
| MURRAY ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 422 | 65.4% | 25.3% |
| SANDIA ELEMENTARY CLOVIS | 338 | 85.8% | 36.8% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY HOBBS | 330 | 72.1% | 35.9% |
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 JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Curry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #298 of 329 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #303 of 354 | #11 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #330 of 366 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #226 of 490 | #9 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #243 of 318 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.2% | #196 of 334 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #348 of 393 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #284 of 287 | #7 of 8 |
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
305
-15 (-5%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 436
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 305 | 20.3 | 15.0:1 | 74% (225) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 22 | 12.1:1 | 99% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 19.5 | 14.9:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 20 | 16.0:1 | 100% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 307 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 100% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 20 | 16.8:1 | 100% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 22 | 17.6:1 | 99% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 88% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 436 | 23 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (307 to 305); teachers up 2% (20 to 20.3).
About JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY
JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY sits in CLOVIS, New Mexico, and is classified as an elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 305 students.
CLOVIS runs 18 schools with a combined 7,780 students. JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY is one of them.
Of every 100 students at JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY, about 80 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 9% White, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Curry County's residents are about 46% Hispanic, 34 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 35%.
JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY has 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.0:1. The school's 15.0:1 compares with an average of 12.9:1 for elementary schools in New Mexico. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. That is lower than the 85% average for public schools in Curry County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY would score about 39.7%. It scores 21.6%, a bottom-10% result among New Mexico schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Curry County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $57,309, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. There are 28 public schools in the county, enrolling about 8,777, JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY among them.
Of the public schools around it, JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY is closest to MARSHALL 6TH GRADE ACADEMY, about 0.3 miles away. JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY ranks 4th of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 21.6% against a local average of 35.6%.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 15 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Curry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,638
Census ACS
Median income
$57,309
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,777 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLOVIS
- CLOVIS HIGHHigh · 1,506 students
- W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 527 students
- MARSHALL 6TH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 511 students
- LA CASITA ELEMENTARYElementary · 484 students
- CLOVIS HS FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 482 students
- YUCCA MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Other schools in CLOVIS
- CLOVIS HIGHHigh · 1,506 students
- W D GATTIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 527 students
- MARSHALL 6TH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 511 students
- LA CASITA ELEMENTARYElementary · 484 students
- CLOVIS HS FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 482 students
- YUCCA MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Nearby schools
- MARSHALL 6TH GRADE ACADEMY0.3 mi · 511
- CLOVIS HIGH0.4 mi · 1,506
- CAMEO ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 279
- CLOVIS HS FRESHMAN ACADEMY0.8 mi · 482
- LA CASITA ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 484
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARYHow large is JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY?
JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 305 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY serve?
JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.0:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY?
At JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 9% White, 80% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY public or private?
JAMES BICKLEY ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLOVIS.
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