Kha'p'o Community School

Set in Espanola, New Mexico, Kha'p'o Community School is a minimally staffed K-5 school, operated by Kha'p'o Community School. It enrolls 98 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

Kha'p'o Community School sits inside Kha'p'o Community School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Kha'p'o Community School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

Looking at school resources, Kha'p'o Community School logs 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 98.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Rio Arriba County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,155, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Rio Arriba County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,127 students), of which Kha'p'o Community School is one.

LOS NINOS ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Kha'p'o Community School's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 109 (now 98).

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