KEARNY ELEMENTARY

KEARNY ELEMENTARY, an average-sized primary school in SANTA FE, New Mexico, part of SANTA FE, educates 338 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 29 schools in SANTA FE (11,182 students total), KEARNY ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, KEARNY ELEMENTARY shows that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% White, 5% Native American. By comparison, Santa Fe County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, KEARNY ELEMENTARY has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Santa Fe County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KEARNY ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Santa Fe County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $79,071 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Santa Fe County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,719 students), KEARNY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KEARNY ELEMENTARY comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.6%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025.

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