Kha'p'o Community School

The public elementary school Kha'p'o Community School is located in Espanola, New Mexico. The school counted 98 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 66% below the 287-student average for elementary schools in New Mexico.

Kha'p'o Community School operates as its own local education agency.

Roughly 100% of students at Kha'p'o Community School are Native American. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 0%.

The school's 1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 98.0:1. Elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1, 85.1 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Rio Arriba County is close, at 98%.

American Community Survey estimates for Rio Arriba County show that the median household earns about $57,155 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Across Rio Arriba County, 30 public schools serve about 3,127 students.

Measured in a straight line, LOS NINOS ELEMENTARY is about 1.7 miles from Kha'p'o Community School. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Kha'p'o Community School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

Over 7 years, enrollment decreased by 11 students, from 109 to 98.

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