LOWELL ELEMENTARY

LOWELL ELEMENTARY is an elementary school of close-knit scale in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, operated by ALBUQUERQUE, hosting 226 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 287 students per school, that is 21% leaner than typical.

ALBUQUERQUE comprises 171 schools with combined enrollment of 74,041 students; LOWELL ELEMENTARY is among them.

Demographically, LOWELL ELEMENTARY logs that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 9% Black, 7% Native American, 6% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bernalillo County as a whole is about 49% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at LOWELL ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bernalillo County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Bernalillo County reports that median household earnings sit near $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), LOWELL ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MISSION ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS 1.0, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 5% to 9%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for LOWELL ELEMENTARY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.