LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY

As a small elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY instructs 202 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within ALBUQUERQUE. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 287 students each, so LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Within ALBUQUERQUE, which oversees 171 schools and 74,041 students, LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school logs 4% White. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Bernalillo County's rate of about 90%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bernalillo County) records that the typical household earns roughly $69,473 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bernalillo County runs 211 public schools (combined enrollment of about 85,724 students), of which LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: POLK MIDDLE, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 23.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LOS PADILLAS ELEMENTARY has increased 3%, going from 196 students in 2018 to 202 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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