Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000046
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY
1100 MACARTHUR RD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107 · (505) 344-1482 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
9.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
241 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
38.4%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
28.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY this school | 241 | 100.0% | 33.4% |
| WHERRY ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 240 | 100.0% | N/A |
| COCHITI ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 247 | 99.6% | 28.6% |
| ATRISCO ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 205 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| MISSOURI AVE ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 322 | 100.0% | 31.3% |
| REGINALD CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 174 | 100.0% | 28.6% |
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 MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #167 of 329 | #41 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #146 of 354 | #36 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #209 of 366 | #47 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #278 of 490 | #79 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #24 of 318 | #13 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #220 of 334 | #71 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #19 of 393 | #5 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #272 of 287 | #86 of 88 |
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
241
+36 (+18%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 281
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 241 | 25.2 | 9.6:1 | 100% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 226 | 21.3 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 18.5 | 9.5:1 | 100% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 205 | 24 | 8.5:1 | 100% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 246 | 20.5 | 12.0:1 | 100% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 18 | 14.6:1 | 100% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 233 | 17 | 13.7:1 | 79% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 236 | 20 | 11.8:1 | 71% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 281 | 21 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (246 to 241); teachers up 23% (20.5 to 25.2).
About MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is the name of a small elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. The school enrolls 241 students, from pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 172 schools in ALBUQUERQUE, with 74,800 students enrolled.
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY enrolls a student body that is 82% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 10% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% Native American. In Bernalillo County overall, about 49% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 9.6:1, with 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in New Mexico average 12.9:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. Compared with the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 33.4% at MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.4%.
In the county around the school, Bernalillo County, median household income is about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is among the 211 public schools in Bernalillo County.
Of nearby public schools, MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 44.0% proficiency; MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY posts 33.4%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 18%, from 205 to 241. The number of students per teacher rose from 8.5 to 9.6 over 4 years.
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Macarthur Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Macarthur Elementary. MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Macarthur Elementary SchoolGALENA PARK, TX · 556 students
- MacArthur Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 545 students
- MacArthur ElementaryGermantown, WI · 486 students
- MacArthur ElemFort Leavenworth, KS · 424 students
- Macarthur Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 404 students
Nearby schools
- MOUNTAIN MAHOGANY COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 223
- MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 452
- CONTINUATION SCHOOL0.7 mi · 5
- LOS PUENTES CHARTER0.9 mi · 139
- GRIEGOS ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 229
- ALVARADO ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 258
Frequently asked questions
About MACARTHUR ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY?
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-05.
Is MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY have?
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY are roughly 10% White, 82% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY?
MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.