JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY

JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in RIO RANCHO, New Mexico, operated by RIO RANCHO, enrolling 574 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 100% larger than the state mean of about 287.

RIO RANCHO runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 16,461 students. JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 23% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Sandoval County as a whole is about 40% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, census data for Sandoval County shows median household income runs about $86,636, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY is one of 49 public schools in Sandoval County (combined enrollment of about 22,445 students).

The closest other public school is MAGGIE CORDOVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

On the community side, the feed for JOE HARRIS ELEMENTARY typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.