Enrollment
395
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000073
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY
1921 BYRON AV SW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87105 · (505) 877-2724 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
395 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 23 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
24.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
15.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY this school | 395 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| LOMA LINDA ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 398 | 100.0% | 40.6% |
| GADSDEN ELEMENTARY SUNLAND PARK | 379 | 100.0% | 34.0% |
| NAVAJO ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 344 | 99.7% | 18.2% |
| NORTH VALLEY ELEMENTARY SAN MIGUEL | 338 | 100.0% | 49.1% |
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY ANTHONY | 406 | 100.0% | 25.2% |
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 KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #291 of 329 | #74 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #273 of 354 | #63 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #326 of 366 | #83 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #125 of 490 | #32 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #99 of 318 | #47 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.8% | #313 of 334 | #97 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #24 of 393 | #10 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.8% | #204 of 287 | #75 of 88 |
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
395
+44 (+13%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 395 | 33.2 | 11.9:1 | 100% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 31.9 | 11.5:1 | 100% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 31.5 | 11.5:1 | 100% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 31 | 11.3:1 | 100% (351) |
| 2017-18 | 453 | 32.2 | 14.1:1 | 100% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 474 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 100% (474) |
| 2010-11 | 570 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 99% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 45 | 12.7:1 | 99% (567) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 39 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (453 to 395); teachers up 3% (32.2 to 33.2).
About KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in New Mexico, located in ALBUQUERQUE. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 395 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in New Mexico is roughly 287 students; this school is 38% larger than that.
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is run by ALBUQUERQUE, whose 172 schools enroll 74,800 students.
At KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY, Hispanic students make up 95% of the student body. It is also 3% White. Bernalillo County's residents are about 49% Hispanic, 46 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 9%.
Staffing totals 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is 100%. That is 10 points above the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
allk12 grades KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY a D. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.4%. KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY scores 22.3%.
Federal survey data for Bernalillo County show that median household income is about $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. A total of 211 public schools operate in Bernalillo County, serving about 85,724 students.
ERNIE PYLE MIDDLE is the public school closest to KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY, about 0.2 miles away. KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY at 3rd of 5.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY had 351 students in 2020-21 and 395 in 2024-25, a 13% increase.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY covering things like school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Kit Carson Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Kit Carson Elementary. KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Kit Carson Elementary SchoolRichmond, KY · 445 students
- Kit Carson ElementaryHanford, CA · 345 students
- Kit Carson Elementary SchoolKIT CARSON, CO · 54 students
Nearby schools
- ERNIE PYLE MIDDLE0.2 mi · 409
- NEW AMERICA SCHOOL0.4 mi · 131
- RIO GRANDE HIGH0.5 mi · 1,475
- ATRISCO ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 205
- ALBUQUERQUE COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 221
- ARMIJO ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About KIT CARSON ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY?
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 395 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY serve?
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY have?
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY in?
KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.