KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY

KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE, serveing 395 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 38% above the typical public school in New Mexico, which averages around 287 students.

KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is one of 171 schools operated by ALBUQUERQUE, a district that educates 74,041 students overall.

On the student-mix side, KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY records that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 3% White. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.3%.

Across the wider county, Bernalillo County reports that median household income runs about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ERNIE PYLE MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY. On composite proficiency, KIT CARSON ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 29.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 395 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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