LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY

LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY is a low-enrollment elementary school in RATON, New Mexico, part of RATON. The school teaches 235 students in grades pre-K through 2.

RATON comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 831 students; LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 20% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY records 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Colfax County indicate median household income runs about $53,554, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Colfax County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,378 students), of which LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY is one.

RATON INTERMEDIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 242 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 35% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.