JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY

JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY is a K-5 school of cozy scale in SILVER CITY, New Mexico, overseen by SILVER CITY, educateing 199 students in grades 1 through 6. That puts it 31% below the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY is one of 9 schools operated by SILVER CITY, a district that enrolls 2,100 students overall.

On demographics, JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest reads as 29% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Grant County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 99% of students at JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 49.7%, a residual of +16.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Grant County indicate median household earnings sit near $44,958, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Grant County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY has contracted 14%, going from 231 students in 2018 to 199 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 39% to 29% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.