LA MESA ELEMENTARY

As a moderately sized primary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, LA MESA ELEMENTARY serves 415 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of ALBUQUERQUE. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so LA MESA ELEMENTARY sits 45% above that benchmark.

Across the 171 schools in ALBUQUERQUE (74,041 students total), LA MESA ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LA MESA ELEMENTARY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment; the rest reads as 10% Black, 6% White, 5% Native American, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

After controlling for student poverty, LA MESA ELEMENTARY falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.7%; this one comes in at 13.1%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Bernalillo County shows median household income runs about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bernalillo County's 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), LA MESA ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HAYES MIDDLE, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LA MESA ELEMENTARY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LA MESA ELEMENTARY at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.0%.

LA MESA ELEMENTARY operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 506 students in 2018 compared to 415 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 86% to 76% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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