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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS LUNAS·NCES 350168000258
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY
800 CORONADO RD, LOS LUNAS, NM 87031 · (505) 866-8231 · Valencia County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
458 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 53 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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
31.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
20.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% 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 LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY this school | 458 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 492 | 100.0% | N/A |
| BATAAN ELEMENTARY DEMING | 487 | 99.6% | 27.4% |
| ANN PARISH ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 402 | 100.0% | 35.4% |
| DESERT VIEW ELEMENTARY LOS LUNAS | 393 | 100.0% | 25.5% |
| LLANO ELEMENTARY LOVINGTON | 435 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Valencia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #246 of 329 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #224 of 354 | #10 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #273 of 366 | #12 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #71 of 490 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #293 of 318 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.2% | #257 of 334 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #146 of 393 | #6 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #214 of 287 | #5 of 10 |
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
458
+27 (+6%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 458 | 26 | 17.6:1 | 100% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 446 | 31.1 | 14.3:1 | 78% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 29.1 | 14.2:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 29 | 14.9:1 | 100% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 31.4 | 16.6:1 | 100% (520) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 100% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 82% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 75% (372) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (520 to 458); teachers down 17% (31.4 to 26).
About LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY
This page covers LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY, a large elementary school in LOS LUNAS, New Mexico. There are 458 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. The school is 60% larger than the average for elementary schools in New Mexico.
LOS LUNAS oversees LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY and 15 other schools, with 8,207 students in total.
Roughly 87% of students at LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. The remaining students are 9% White and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Valencia County, the Hispanic share is about 61%. The diversity index for LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 17.6:1. The school's 17.6:1 compares with an average of 12.9:1 for elementary schools in New Mexico. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. That is in line with the 100% average for public schools in Valencia County.
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
A school with LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in New Mexico is predicted to score 33.4%. LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY scores 25.9%, 7.5 points below that line.
In Valencia County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $58,933 a year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Public schools in Valencia County number 27, with about 11,956 students.
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY's closest public school neighbor is RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.9% on proficiency, and LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY is below that at 25.9%.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
A 6% gain took enrollment from 431 in 2020-21 to 458 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.9:1 to 17.6:1.
People who know LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Valencia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
78,458
Census ACS
Median income
$58,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
11,956 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLEMiddle · 719 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- BOSQUE FARMS ELEMENTARYElementary · 458 students
Other schools in LOS LUNAS
- LOS LUNAS HIGHHigh · 1,460 students
- VALENCIA HIGHHigh · 960 students
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLEMiddle · 719 students
- SUNDANCE ELEMENTARYElementary · 617 students
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 605 students
- SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMYCombined · 478 students
Nearby schools
- RAYMOND GABALDON ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 365
- LOS LUNAS MIDDLE0.5 mi · 719
- KATHERINE GALLEGOS ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 605
- SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY1.0 mi · 478
- CENTURY ALT HIGH1.1 mi · 353
- LOS LUNAS HIGH1.9 mi · 1,460
Frequently asked questions
About LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARYHow many students attend LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY?
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-06.
Is LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY?
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 9% White, 87% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY?
LOS LUNAS ELEMENTARY is overseen by LOS LUNAS in Valencia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.