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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000075
LA MESA ELEMENTARY
7500 COPPER AV NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87108 · (505) 262-1581 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 0% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
410 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
1
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 | 17 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
40%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
15.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
3.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 LA MESA ELEMENTARY
LA MESA ELEMENTARY's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA MESA ELEMENTARY this school | 415 | 98.8% | 13.1% |
| LOWELL ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 226 | 100.0% | N/A |
| WHITTIER ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 307 | 98.4% | 17.7% |
| ARTS ACADEMY AT BELLA VISTA CLOVIS | 444 | 76.8% | 24.4% |
| TOMASITA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 187 | 100.0% | 30.9% |
| MISSION AVENUE ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 336 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
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 LA MESA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #329 of 329 | #91 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.7% | #354 of 354 | #96 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #363 of 366 | #101 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #109 of 490 | #28 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #120 of 318 | #56 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #171 of 334 | #60 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #281 of 393 | #89 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #171 of 287 | #68 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
415
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 720
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 415 | 33.6 | 12.3:1 | 99% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 33.1 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 35.2 | 11.8:1 | 100% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 100% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 34 | 14.9:1 | 100% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 40 | 16.1:1 | 100% (645) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 100% (769) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 51 | 13.0:1 | 100% (661) |
| 1990-91 | 720 | 40 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LA MESA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (506 to 415); teachers down 1% (34 to 33.6).
About LA MESA ELEMENTARY
Families in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, are served by LA MESA ELEMENTARY, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 415 students. The school's enrollment is 45% bigger than the 287 average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
Within ALBUQUERQUE, LA MESA ELEMENTARY is one of 172 schools. The district enrolls 74,800 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at LA MESA ELEMENTARY, at 76%. The next largest groups are 10% Black, 6% White, 5% Native American, and 3% multiracial. In Bernalillo County overall, about 49% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.3:1, with 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 99%. That is 9 points above the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County.
The allk12 Grade for LA MESA ELEMENTARY is F. Compared with New Mexico public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 0% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, LA MESA ELEMENTARY is among the bottom 10% of schools in New Mexico. Predicted: 33.7%. Actual: 13.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Bernalillo County, the median household income is $69,473, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. In all, Bernalillo County has 211 public schools and roughly 85,724 students.
The shortest distance from LA MESA ELEMENTARY to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to HAYES MIDDLE. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, LA MESA ELEMENTARY is 9th among 9 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 4% from 2020-21, when LA MESA ELEMENTARY had 398 students, to 2024-25, when it had 415.
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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
Nearby schools
- HAYES MIDDLE0.8 mi · 372
- ALICE KING COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 384
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 334
- VAN BUREN MIDDLE1.0 mi · 344
- MARK TWAIN ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 285
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY1.2 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About LA MESA ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at LA MESA ELEMENTARY?
LA MESA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LA MESA ELEMENTARY serve?
LA MESA ELEMENTARY serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LA MESA ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at LA MESA ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is LA MESA ELEMENTARY?
LA MESA ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 6% White, 76% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LA MESA ELEMENTARY?
LA MESA ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.