Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA FE·NCES 350237000548
KEARNY ELEMENTARY
901 AVENIDA CAMPANAS, SANTA FE, NM 87501 · (505) 467-1800 · Santa Fe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% 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.
- CBeats 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
12.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
338 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 18 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 13% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
27.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
11.4%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 KEARNY ELEMENTARY
KEARNY ELEMENTARY's state test result (26.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEARNY ELEMENTARY this school | 338 | 100.0% | 26.2% |
| MESILLA PARK ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 311 | 100.0% | 46.8% |
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SOCORRO | 382 | 99.0% | 30.6% |
| GONZALES ELEMENTARY SANTA FE | 328 | 100.0% | 36.0% |
| HELEN CORDERO PRIMARY ALBUQUERQUE | 445 | 99.6% | N/A |
| RUBEN S. TORRES ELEMENTARY DEMING | 363 | 98.6% | 21.5% |
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 KEARNY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Santa Fe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #244 of 329 | #12 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #317 of 354 | #20 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #300 of 366 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #189 of 490 | #9 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #148 of 318 | #6 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #239 of 334 | #14 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #187 of 393 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #101 of 287 | #7 of 20 |
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
338
-57 (-14%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 504
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 338 | 26.3 | 12.8:1 | 100% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 24.2 | 13.3:1 | 99% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 100% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 34.8 | 13.3:1 | 100% (463) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 88% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 30 | 16.9:1 | 84% (426) |
| 2000-01 | 481 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 56% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 504 | 24 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KEARNY ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (465 to 338); teachers down 25% (34.8 to 26.3).
About KEARNY ELEMENTARY
KEARNY ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in SANTA FE, located in SANTA FE, New Mexico. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 338 students enrolled.
The district, SANTA FE, operates 29 schools serving 11,182 students.
The share of Hispanic students at KEARNY ELEMENTARY is 85%. The next largest groups are 6% White and 5% Native American. The school's Hispanic share is 37 points above the 48% share among Santa Fe County residents. The diversity index for KEARNY ELEMENTARY is 27%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
KEARNY ELEMENTARY reported 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New Mexico is about 12.9:1. Roughly 100% of students at KEARNY ELEMENTARY can receive free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Santa Fe County average 84%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, KEARNY ELEMENTARY outscored 26%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, KEARNY ELEMENTARY is 7.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New Mexico schools.
In Santa Fe County, home to about 156,105 people, median household income comes to about $79,071, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Santa Fe County's 53 public schools enroll about 20,719 students and include KEARNY ELEMENTARY.
The closest school to KEARNY ELEMENTARY is FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY, located about 0.7 miles away. KEARNY ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. KEARNY ELEMENTARY ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 26.2% against a local average of 33.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 395 to 338, a 14% decline.
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Santa Fe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,105
Census ACS
Median income
$79,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
20,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- PINON ELEMENTARYElementary · 513 students
- EL DORADO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Other schools in SANTA FE
- SANTA FE HIGHHigh · 1,491 students
- NEW MEXICO CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 1,487 students
- CAPITAL HIGHHigh · 1,388 students
- EL CAMINO REAL ACADEMY COMMUNITYElementary · 704 students
- Santa Fe Indian SchoolHigh · 701 students
- NINA OTERO COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
Nearby schools
- FRANCIS X. NAVA ELEMENTARY0.7 mi · 163
- PINON ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 513
- SANTA FE HIGH1.0 mi · 1,491
- EARLY COLLEGE OPPORTUNITIES1.2 mi · 137
- CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 181
- NYE EARLY CHILDHOOD1.3 mi · 212
Frequently asked questions
About KEARNY ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at KEARNY ELEMENTARY?
KEARNY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does KEARNY ELEMENTARY serve?
KEARNY ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at KEARNY ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at KEARNY ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at KEARNY ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at KEARNY ELEMENTARY are roughly 6% White, 85% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is KEARNY ELEMENTARY in?
KEARNY ELEMENTARY is part of SANTA FE.
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